#552E4F#552E4F

#552E4F is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.075 H 332.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552E4F
RGB	rgb(85, 46, 79)
HSL	hsl(309, 30%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(309, 46%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.9%, 7.1%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.11, 23.38, -12.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.11, 26.58, 331.58°)
OKLab	oklab(36.38% 0.0667 -0.0342)
OKLCH	oklch(36.38% 0.075 332.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.1345, 4.4501, 7.9315)
Luminance	0.0445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552E4F #2E5534

analogous

#472E55 #552E4F #552E3B

triadic

#552E4F #4F552E #2E4F55

tetradic

#552E4F #55472E #2E5534 #2E3B55

square

#552E4F #55472E #2E5534 #2E3B55

split-complementary

#552E4F #3B552E #2E5547

monochromatic

#140B12 #2D192A #552E4F #7D4374 #A45999

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.11

#552E4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#552E4F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552E4F

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552E4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552E4F	1.00	11.11	1.89	11.11
#FFFFFF	11.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D3850

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#383E4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#58303B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552e4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 46, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.075 332.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866880',
    500: '#552e4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552e4f;
$custom-light: #866880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552e4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.231,
    "s": 29.771,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3638,
    "c": 0.075,
    "h": 332.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552E4F

secondary

#58875F

accent

#C67162

background

#F8F6F7

surface

#EFEBEE

border

#CAC6C9

text

#0B060A

muted

#7C7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #552E4F

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

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