#552D68#552D68

#552D68 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.106 H 313.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552D68
RGB	rgb(85, 45, 104)
HSL	hsl(281, 40%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(281, 57%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 56.7%, 0%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.18, 29.58, -27.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.18, 40.30, 317.24°)
OKLab	oklab(37.6% 0.0731 -0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(37.6% 0.106 313.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.1830, 4.8077, 13.6436)
Luminance	0.0481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 9.05

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552D68 #40682D

analogous

#382D68 #552D68 #682D5E

triadic

#552D68 #68552D #2D6855

tetradic

#552D68 #68382D #40682D #2D5E68

square

#552D68 #68382D #40682D #2D5E68

split-complementary

#552D68 #5E682D #2D6838

monochromatic

#110915 #321B3D #552D68 #783F93 #9958B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.71

#552D68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#552D68 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552D68

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552D68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552D68	1.00	10.71	1.96	10.71
#FFFFFF	10.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E3C6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B3F66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#533746

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552d68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 45, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.106 313.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876893',
    500: '#552d68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552d68;
$custom-light: #876893;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552d68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.678,
    "s": 39.597,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37604,
    "c": 0.10573,
    "h": 313.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552D68

secondary

#6D9A57

accent

#CF587F

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF1

border

#CBC6CB

text

#0B060D

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #552D68

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

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