#552E5D#552E5D

#552E5D is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.091 H 320.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552E5D
RGB	rgb(85, 46, 93)
HSL	hsl(290, 34%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(290, 51%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 50.5%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.79, 26.40, -20.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.79, 33.62, 321.74°)
OKLab	oklab(37.11% 0.07 -0.0575)
OKLCH	oklch(37.11% 0.091 320.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.6989, 4.6759, 10.9035)
Luminance	0.0468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552E5D #365D2E

analogous

#3E2E5D #552E5D #5D2E4E

triadic

#552E5D #5D552E #2E5D55

tetradic

#552E5D #5D3E2E #365D2E #2E4E5D

square

#552E5D #5D3E2E #365D2E #2E4E5D

split-complementary

#552E5D #4E5D2E #2E5D3E

monochromatic

#130A14 #301A34 #552E5D #7A4286 #9E59AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.85

#552E5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#552E5D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552E5D

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552E5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552E5D	1.00	10.85	1.94	10.85
#FFFFFF	10.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#273A5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#323F5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#563441

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552e5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 46, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.091 320.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86688b',
    500: '#552e5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552e5d;
$custom-light: #86688b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552e5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.787,
    "s": 33.813,
    "l": 27.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37115,
    "c": 0.0906,
    "h": 320.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552E5D

secondary

#618F58

accent

#CA5E70

background

#F8F6F8

surface

#EFEBF0

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0B060C

muted

#7C7A7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #552E5D

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

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