#552F50#552F50

#552F50 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.074 H 331.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552F50
RGB	rgb(85, 47, 80)
HSL	hsl(308, 29%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(308, 45%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.7%, 5.9%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.39, 22.97, -12.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.39, 26.33, 330.72°)
OKLab	oklab(36.61% 0.0653 -0.0349)
OKLCH	oklch(36.61% 0.074 331.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.2107, 4.5438, 8.1378)
Luminance	0.0454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552F50 #2F5534

analogous

#472F55 #552F50 #552F3D

triadic

#552F50 #50552F #2F5055

tetradic

#552F50 #55472F #2F5534 #2F3D55

square

#552F50 #55472F #2F5534 #2F3D55

split-complementary

#552F50 #3D552F #2F5547

monochromatic

#140B13 #2E192B #552F50 #7C4575 #A45B9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.00

#552F50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#552F50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552F50

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552F50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552F50	1.00	11.00	1.91	11.00
#FFFFFF	11.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E3951

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#383E4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#58313C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552f50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 47, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.074 331.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866881',
    500: '#552f50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552f50;
$custom-light: #866881;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552f50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.895,
    "s": 28.788,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3661,
    "c": 0.074,
    "h": 331.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552F50

secondary

#59865F

accent

#C57063

background

#F8F6F7

surface

#EFEBEE

border

#CAC6C9

text

#0B060A

muted

#7C7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #552F50

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

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