#552D66#552D66

#552D66 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.103 H 314.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552D66
RGB	rgb(85, 45, 102)
HSL	hsl(282, 39%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(282, 56%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 55.9%, 0%, 60%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.06, 29.10, -26.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.06, 39.19, 317.95°)
OKLab	oklab(37.48% 0.0729 -0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(37.48% 0.103 314.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.0826, 4.7676, 13.1149)
Luminance	0.0477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 9.33

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552D66 #3E662D

analogous

#392D66 #552D66 #662D5B

triadic

#552D66 #66552D #2D6655

tetradic

#552D66 #66392D #3E662D #2D5B66

square

#552D66 #66392D #3E662D #2D5B66

split-complementary

#552D66 #5B662D #2D6639

monochromatic

#120915 #321A3C #552D66 #784090 #9A58B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.75

#552D66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#552D66 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552D66

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552D66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552D66	1.00	10.75	1.95	10.75
#FFFFFF	10.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#203B68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C3F65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#543645

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552d66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 45, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.103 314.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866892',
    500: '#552d66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552d66;
$custom-light: #866892;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552d66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.105,
    "s": 38.776,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37479,
    "c": 0.10329,
    "h": 314.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552D66

secondary

#6A9857

accent

#CF597C

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF1

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0B060D

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #552D66

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

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