#552C69#552C69

#552C69 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.109 H 313.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552C69
RGB	rgb(85, 44, 105)
HSL	hsl(280, 41%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(280, 58%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 58.1%, 0%, 58.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.02, 30.41, -28.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.02, 41.51, 317.10°)
OKLab	oklab(37.5% 0.0747 -0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(37.5% 0.109 313.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.1964, 4.7528, 13.9001)
Luminance	0.0475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552C69 #40692C

analogous

#372C69 #552C69 #692C5F

triadic

#552C69 #69552C #2C6955

tetradic

#552C69 #69372C #40692C #2C5F69

square

#552C69 #69372C #40692C #2C5F69

split-complementary

#552C69 #5F692C #2C6937

monochromatic

#110916 #321A3E #552C69 #783E94 #9957B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.77

#552C69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#552C69 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552C69

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552C69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552C69	1.00	10.77	1.95	10.77
#FFFFFF	10.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C3B6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A3F67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#533646

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552c69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 44, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.109 313.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876794',
    500: '#552c69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552c69;
$custom-light: #876794;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552c69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.328,
    "s": 40.94,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37504,
    "c": 0.10873,
    "h": 313.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552C69

secondary

#6D9B56

accent

#D1577F

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF1

border

#CBC6CB

text

#0B060D

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #552C69

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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