#552D52#552D52

#552D52 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.080 H 329.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552D52
RGB	rgb(85, 45, 82)
HSL	hsl(305, 31%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(305, 47%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.1%, 3.5%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.01, 24.60, -14.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.01, 28.71, 328.97°)
OKLab	oklab(36.35% 0.0693 -0.0403)
OKLCH	oklch(36.35% 0.08 329.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.2076, 4.4176, 8.5067)
Luminance	0.0442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552D52 #2D5530

analogous

#442D55 #552D52 #552D3E

triadic

#552D52 #52552D #2D5255

tetradic

#552D52 #55442D #2D5530 #2D3E55

square

#552D52 #55442D #2D5530 #2D3E55

split-complementary

#552D52 #3E552D #2D5544

monochromatic

#140B13 #2D182B #552D52 #7D4279 #A5579F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.15

#552D52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#552D52 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552D52

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552D52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552D52	1.00	11.15	1.88	11.15
#FFFFFF	11.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B3853

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#363D51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#58303B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552d52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 45, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.080 329.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866782',
    500: '#552d52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552d52;
$custom-light: #866782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552d52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.5,
    "s": 30.769,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3635,
    "c": 0.08014,
    "h": 329.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552D52

secondary

#57875B

accent

#C76861

background

#F8F6F8

surface

#EFEBEF

border

#CAC6CA

text

#0B060A

muted

#7C7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #552D52

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

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