#552D53#552D53

#552D53 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.081 H 328.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552D53
RGB	rgb(85, 45, 83)
HSL	hsl(303, 31%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(303, 47%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.1%, 2.4%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.05, 24.81, -15.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.05, 29.20, 328.19°)
OKLab	oklab(36.4% 0.0695 -0.0419)
OKLCH	oklch(36.4% 0.081 328.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.2459, 4.4329, 8.7086)
Luminance	0.0443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552D53 #2D552F

analogous

#432D55 #552D53 #552D3F

triadic

#552D53 #53552D #2D5355

tetradic

#552D53 #55432D #2D552F #2D3F55

square

#552D53 #55432D #2D552F #2D3F55

split-complementary

#552D53 #3F552D #2D5543

monochromatic

#140B14 #2D182C #552D53 #7D427A #A557A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.13

#552D53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#552D53 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552D53

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552D53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552D53	1.00	11.13	1.89	11.13
#FFFFFF	11.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B3854

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#353D52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#58303C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552d53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 45, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.081 328.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866783',
    500: '#552d53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552d53;
$custom-light: #866783;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552d53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303,
    "s": 30.769,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36401,
    "c": 0.08121,
    "h": 328.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552D53

secondary

#578759

accent

#C76661

background

#F8F6F8

surface

#EFEBEF

border

#CAC6CA

text

#0B060A

muted

#7C7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #552D53

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

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