#552E56#552E56

#552E56 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.083 H 326.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552E56
RGB	rgb(85, 46, 86)
HSL	hsl(299, 30%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(299, 47%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 46.5%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.43, 24.85, -16.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.43, 29.98, 325.97°)
OKLab	oklab(36.73% 0.0686 -0.0459)
OKLCH	oklch(36.73% 0.083 326.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.4029, 4.5575, 9.3447)
Luminance	0.0456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552E56 #2F562E

analogous

#412E56 #552E56 #562E43

triadic

#552E56 #56552E #2E5655

tetradic

#552E56 #56412E #2F562E #2E4356

square

#552E56 #56412E #2F562E #2E4356

split-complementary

#552E56 #43562E #2E5641

monochromatic

#140B14 #2E192E #552E56 #7C437E #A459A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.99

#552E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#552E56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552E56

10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552E56	1.00	10.99	1.91	10.99
#FFFFFF	10.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A3957

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#353E55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#57323E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 46, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.083 326.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866885',
    500: '#552e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552e56;
$custom-light: #866885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.5,
    "s": 30.303,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36733,
    "c": 0.08251,
    "h": 326.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552E56

secondary

#598858

accent

#C76164

background

#F8F6F8

surface

#EFEBEF

border

#CAC6CA

text

#0B060B

muted

#7C7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #552E56

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

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