#552D60#552D60

#552D60 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.096 H 318.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552D60
RGB	rgb(85, 45, 96)
HSL	hsl(287, 36%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(287, 53%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 53.1%, 0%, 62.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.72, 27.69, -22.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.72, 35.92, 320.42°)
OKLab	oklab(37.12% 0.0721 -0.0634)
OKLCH	oklch(37.12% 0.096 318.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.7957, 4.6528, 11.6042)
Luminance	0.0465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552D60 #38602D

analogous

#3C2D60 #552D60 #602D51

triadic

#552D60 #60552D #2D6055

tetradic

#552D60 #603C2D #38602D #2D5160

square

#552D60 #603C2D #38602D #2D5160

split-complementary

#552D60 #51602D #2D603C

monochromatic

#120A15 #301936 #552D60 #7A418A #9D57B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.88

#552D60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#552D60 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552D60

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552D60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552D60	1.00	10.88	1.93	10.88
#FFFFFF	10.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#243A62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#303E5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#553442

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552d60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 45, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.096 318.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86678d',
    500: '#552d60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552d60;
$custom-light: #86678d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552d60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.059,
    "s": 36.17,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37116,
    "c": 0.09605,
    "h": 318.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552D60

secondary

#649257

accent

#CC5C74

background

#F8F6F8

surface

#EFEBF0

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0B060C

muted

#7C7A7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #552D60

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

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