#552E58#552E58

#552E58 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.085 H 324.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552E58
RGB	rgb(85, 46, 88)
HSL	hsl(296, 31%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(296, 48%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 47.7%, 0%, 65.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.53, 25.28, -17.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.53, 31.00, 324.64°)
OKLab	oklab(36.84% 0.069 -0.0492)
OKLCH	oklch(36.84% 0.085 324.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.4846, 4.5902, 9.7750)
Luminance	0.0459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552E58 #31582E

analogous

#402E58 #552E58 #582E46

triadic

#552E58 #58552E #2E5855

tetradic

#552E58 #58402E #31582E #2E4658

square

#552E58 #58402E #31582E #2E4658

split-complementary

#552E58 #46582E #2E5840

monochromatic

#130B14 #2E1930 #552E58 #7C4380 #A258A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.95

#552E58 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#552E58 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552E58

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552E58	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552E58	1.00	10.95	1.92	10.95
#FFFFFF	10.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#293959

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#343E57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#57333F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552e58;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 46, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.085 324.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866887',
    500: '#552e58',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552e58;
$custom-light: #866887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552e58",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.714,
    "s": 31.343,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36839,
    "c": 0.08478,
    "h": 324.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552E58

secondary

#5C8A58

accent

#C86068

background

#F8F6F8

surface

#EFEBEF

border

#CAC6CA

text

#0B060B

muted

#7C7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #552E58

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

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