#552E5F#552E5F

#552E5F is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.093 H 319.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552E5F
RGB	rgb(85, 46, 95)
HSL	hsl(288, 35%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(288, 52%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 51.6%, 0%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.90, 26.86, -21.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.90, 34.69, 320.73°)
OKLab	oklab(37.23% 0.0704 -0.0608)
OKLCH	oklch(37.23% 0.093 319.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.7886, 4.7118, 11.3761)
Luminance	0.0471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552E5F #385F2E

analogous

#3C2E5F #552E5F #5F2E50

triadic

#552E5F #5F552E #2E5F55

tetradic

#552E5F #5F3C2E #385F2E #2E505F

square

#552E5F #5F3C2E #385F2E #2E505F

split-complementary

#552E5F #505F2E #2E5F3C

monochromatic

#120A15 #301A36 #552E5F #7A4288 #9D59AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.81

#552E5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#552E5F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552E5F

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552E5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552E5F	1.00	10.81	1.94	10.81
#FFFFFF	10.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#263B61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#313F5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#553542

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552e5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 46, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.093 319.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86688c',
    500: '#552e5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552e5f;
$custom-light: #86688c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552e5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.755,
    "s": 34.752,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37229,
    "c": 0.09297,
    "h": 319.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552E5F

secondary

#649158

accent

#CB5D73

background

#F8F6F8

surface

#EFEBF0

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0B060C

muted

#7C7A7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #552E5F

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

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