#552E65#552E65

#552E65 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.100 H 315.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552E65
RGB	rgb(85, 46, 101)
HSL	hsl(283, 37%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(283, 54%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.8%, 54.5%, 0%, 60.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.23, 28.27, -25.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.23, 37.96, 318.13°)
OKLab	oklab(37.58% 0.0712 -0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(37.58% 0.1 315.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.0719, 4.8251, 12.8682)
Luminance	0.0483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 9.77

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552E65 #3E652E

analogous

#3A2E65 #552E65 #652E5A

triadic

#552E65 #65552E #2E6555

tetradic

#552E65 #653A2E #3E652E #2E5A65

square

#552E65 #653A2E #3E652E #2E5A65

split-complementary

#552E65 #5A652E #2E653A

monochromatic

#120A15 #321B3B #552E65 #78418F #9A5AB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.69

#552E65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#552E65 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552E65

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552E65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552E65	1.00	10.69	1.97	10.69
#FFFFFF	10.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#223C67

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E3F64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#543645

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552e65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 46, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.100 315.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866891',
    500: '#552e65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552e65;
$custom-light: #866891;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552e65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.545,
    "s": 37.415,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37584,
    "c": 0.10025,
    "h": 315.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552E65

secondary

#6A9758

accent

#CD5A7C

background

#F8F6F8

surface

#EFEBF0

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0B060D

muted

#7C7A7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #552E65

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

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