#552E5B#552E5B

#552E5B is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.088 H 322.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552E5B
RGB	rgb(85, 46, 91)
HSL	hsl(292, 33%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(292, 49%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.6%, 49.5%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.69, 25.95, -19.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.69, 32.57, 322.83°)
OKLab	oklab(37% 0.0696 -0.0542)
OKLCH	oklch(37% 0.088 322.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.6114, 4.6409, 10.4430)
Luminance	0.0464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552E5B #345B2E

analogous

#3F2E5B #552E5B #5B2E4B

triadic

#552E5B #5B552E #2E5B55

tetradic

#552E5B #5B3F2E #345B2E #2E4B5B

square

#552E5B #5B3F2E #345B2E #2E4B5B

split-complementary

#552E5B #4B5B2E #2E5B3F

monochromatic

#130A14 #2F1932 #552E5B #7B4384 #A059AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.89

#552E5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#552E5B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552E5B

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552E5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552E5B	1.00	10.89	1.93	10.89
#FFFFFF	10.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#283A5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#333E5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#563440

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552e5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 46, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.088 322.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866889',
    500: '#552e5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552e5b;
$custom-light: #866889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552e5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292,
    "s": 32.847,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37003,
    "c": 0.08824,
    "h": 322.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552E5B

secondary

#5F8D58

accent

#C95F6D

background

#F8F6F8

surface

#EFEBF0

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0B060B

muted

#7C7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #552E5B

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

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