#552D59#552D59

#552D59 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.088 H 323.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552D59
RGB	rgb(85, 45, 89)
HSL	hsl(295, 33%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(295, 49%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 49.4%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.35, 26.11, -18.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.35, 32.22, 324.12°)
OKLab	oklab(36.72% 0.0709 -0.0519)
OKLCH	oklch(36.72% 0.088 323.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.4877, 4.5296, 9.9818)
Luminance	0.0453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552D59 #31592D

analogous

#3F2D59 #552D59 #592D47

triadic

#552D59 #59552D #2D5955

tetradic

#552D59 #593F2D #31592D #2D4759

square

#552D59 #593F2D #31592D #2D4759

split-complementary

#552D59 #47592D #2D593F

monochromatic

#130A14 #2E1830 #552D59 #7C4282 #A257AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.02

#552D59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#552D59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552D59

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552D59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552D59	1.00	11.02	1.91	11.02
#FFFFFF	11.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#28395B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#333E58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#57323E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552d59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 45, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.088 323.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866788',
    500: '#552d59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552d59;
$custom-light: #866788;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552d59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.545,
    "s": 32.836,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36719,
    "c": 0.08787,
    "h": 323.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552D59

secondary

#5C8B57

accent

#C95F68

background

#F8F6F8

surface

#EFEBEF

border

#CAC6CA

text

#0B060B

muted

#7C7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #552D59

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

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