#552D4F#552D4F

#552D4F is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.077 H 332.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552D4F
RGB	rgb(85, 45, 79)
HSL	hsl(309, 31%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(309, 47%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.1%, 7.1%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.87, 23.99, -13.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.87, 27.29, 331.51°)
OKLab	oklab(36.2% 0.0685 -0.0352)
OKLCH	oklch(36.2% 0.077 332.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.0959, 4.3729, 7.9186)
Luminance	0.0437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552D4F #2D5533

analogous

#472D55 #552D4F #552D3B

triadic

#552D4F #4F552D #2D4F55

tetradic

#552D4F #55472D #2D5533 #2D3B55

square

#552D4F #55472D #2D5533 #2D3B55

split-complementary

#552D4F #3B552D #2D5547

monochromatic

#140B13 #2D182A #552D4F #7D4274 #A55799

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.20

#552D4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#552D4F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552D4F

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552D4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552D4F	1.00	11.20	1.87	11.20
#FFFFFF	11.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C3750

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#373D4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#582F3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552d4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 45, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.077 332.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866780',
    500: '#552d4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552d4f;
$custom-light: #866780;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552d4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309,
    "s": 30.769,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.362,
    "c": 0.07702,
    "h": 332.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552D4F

secondary

#57875E

accent

#C77061

background

#F8F6F7

surface

#EFEBEE

border

#CAC6C9

text

#0B060A

muted

#7C7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #552D4F

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

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