#552D69#552D69

#552D69 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.107 H 313.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552D69
RGB	rgb(85, 45, 105)
HSL	hsl(280, 40%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(280, 57%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 57.1%, 0%, 58.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.24, 29.83, -27.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.24, 40.85, 316.90°)
OKLab	oklab(37.67% 0.0732 -0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(37.67% 0.107 313.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.2341, 4.8282, 13.9127)
Luminance	0.0483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552D69 #41692D

analogous

#372D69 #552D69 #692D5F

triadic

#552D69 #69552D #2D6955

tetradic

#552D69 #69372D #41692D #2D5F69

square

#552D69 #69372D #41692D #2D5F69

split-complementary

#552D69 #5F692D #2D6937

monochromatic

#110915 #321B3E #552D69 #783F94 #9859B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.68

#552D69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#552D69 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552D69

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552D69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552D69	1.00	10.68	1.97	10.68
#FFFFFF	10.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D3C6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B3F67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#533746

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552d69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 45, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.107 313.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876894',
    500: '#552d69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552d69;
$custom-light: #876894;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552d69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37667,
    "c": 0.10696,
    "h": 313.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552D69

secondary

#6E9B57

accent

#D05880

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF1

border

#CBC6CB

text

#0B060D

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #552D69

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

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