#552D5C#552D5C

#552D5C is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.091 H 321.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552D5C
RGB	rgb(85, 45, 92)
HSL	hsl(291, 34%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(291, 51%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.6%, 51.1%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.51, 26.78, -20.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.51, 33.79, 322.41°)
OKLab	oklab(36.89% 0.0715 -0.0569)
OKLCH	oklch(36.89% 0.091 321.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.6162, 4.5810, 10.6589)
Luminance	0.0458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552D5C #345C2D

analogous

#3E2D5C #552D5C #5C2D4C

triadic

#552D5C #5C552D #2D5C55

tetradic

#552D5C #5C3E2D #345C2D #2D4C5C

square

#552D5C #5C3E2D #345C2D #2D4C5C

split-complementary

#552D5C #4C5C2D #2D5C3E

monochromatic

#130A15 #2F1933 #552D5C #7B4185 #A057AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.96

#552D5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#552D5C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552D5C

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552D5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552D5C	1.00	10.96	1.92	10.96
#FFFFFF	10.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#263A5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#323E5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#563340

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552d5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 45, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.091 321.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86678a',
    500: '#552d5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552d5c;
$custom-light: #86678a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552d5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.064,
    "s": 34.307,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36886,
    "c": 0.09134,
    "h": 321.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552D5C

secondary

#5F8E57

accent

#CA5D6E

background

#F8F6F8

surface

#EFEBF0

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0B060B

muted

#7C7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #552D5C

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

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