#552E69#552E69

#552E69 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.105 H 312.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552E69
RGB	rgb(85, 46, 105)
HSL	hsl(280, 39%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(280, 56%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 56.2%, 0%, 58.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.46, 29.24, -27.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.46, 40.17, 316.70°)
OKLab	oklab(37.83% 0.0717 -0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(37.83% 0.105 312.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.2727, 4.9054, 13.9256)
Luminance	0.0491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 9.20

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552E69 #42692E

analogous

#382E69 #552E69 #692E60

triadic

#552E69 #69552E #2E6955

tetradic

#552E69 #69382E #42692E #2E6069

square

#552E69 #69382E #42692E #2E6069

split-complementary

#552E69 #60692E #2E6938

monochromatic

#110915 #331B3E #552E69 #774194 #985AB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.60

#552E69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#552E69 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552E69

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552E69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552E69	1.00	10.60	1.98	10.60
#FFFFFF	10.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F3C6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C4067

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#533847

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552e69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 46, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.105 312.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876894',
    500: '#552e69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552e69;
$custom-light: #876894;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552e69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.661,
    "s": 39.073,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37832,
    "c": 0.10518,
    "h": 312.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552E69

secondary

#6F9B58

accent

#CF5981

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF1

border

#CBC6CB

text

#0B060D

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #552E69

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

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