#552E52#552E52

#552E52 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.078 H 329.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552E52
RGB	rgb(85, 46, 82)
HSL	hsl(305, 30%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(305, 46%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.9%, 3.5%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.24, 24.00, -14.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.24, 28.00, 328.98°)
OKLab	oklab(36.53% 0.0676 -0.0392)
OKLCH	oklch(36.53% 0.078 329.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.2462, 4.4948, 8.5196)
Luminance	0.0449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552E52 #2E5531

analogous

#442E55 #552E52 #552E3E

triadic

#552E52 #52552E #2E5255

tetradic

#552E52 #55442E #2E5531 #2E3E55

square

#552E52 #55442E #2E5531 #2E3E55

split-complementary

#552E52 #3E552E #2E5544

monochromatic

#140B13 #2D192C #552E52 #7D4378 #A4599F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.06

#552E52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#552E52 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552E52

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552E52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552E52	1.00	11.06	1.90	11.06
#FFFFFF	11.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C3953

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#373E51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#58313C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552e52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 46, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.078 329.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866882',
    500: '#552e52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552e52;
$custom-light: #866882;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552e52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.615,
    "s": 29.771,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36528,
    "c": 0.07814,
    "h": 329.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552E52

secondary

#58875C

accent

#C66962

background

#F8F6F8

surface

#EFEBEF

border

#CAC6CA

text

#0B060A

muted

#7C7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #552E52

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

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