#552D50#552D50

#552D50 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.078 H 331.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552D50
RGB	rgb(85, 45, 80)
HSL	hsl(308, 31%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(308, 47%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.1%, 5.9%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.91, 24.19, -13.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.91, 27.76, 330.63°)
OKLab	oklab(36.25% 0.0688 -0.0369)
OKLCH	oklch(36.25% 0.078 331.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.1326, 4.3876, 8.1117)
Luminance	0.0439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552D50 #2D5532

analogous

#462D55 #552D50 #552D3C

triadic

#552D50 #50552D #2D5055

tetradic

#552D50 #55462D #2D5532 #2D3C55

square

#552D50 #55462D #2D5532 #2D3C55

split-complementary

#552D50 #3C552D #2D5546

monochromatic

#140B13 #2D182A #552D50 #7D4276 #A5579B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.19

#552D50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#552D50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552D50

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552D50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552D50	1.00	11.19	1.88	11.19
#FFFFFF	11.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C3851

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#373D4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#58303A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552d50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 45, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.078 331.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866781',
    500: '#552d50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552d50;
$custom-light: #866781;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552d50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.5,
    "s": 30.769,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3625,
    "c": 0.07805,
    "h": 331.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552D50

secondary

#57875D

accent

#C76E61

background

#F8F6F7

surface

#EFEBEE

border

#CAC6C9

text

#0B060A

muted

#7C7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #552D50

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

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