#552F60#552F60

#552F60 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.092 H 318.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552F60
RGB	rgb(85, 47, 96)
HSL	hsl(287, 34%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(287, 51%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 51%, 0%, 62.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.18, 26.49, -22.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.18, 34.54, 320.08°)
OKLab	oklab(37.46% 0.0689 -0.0614)
OKLCH	oklch(37.46% 0.092 318.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.8739, 4.8091, 11.6302)
Luminance	0.0481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#552F60 #3A602F

analogous

#3C2F60 #552F60 #602F52

triadic

#552F60 #60552F #2F6055

tetradic

#552F60 #603C2F #3A602F #2F5260

square

#552F60 #603C2F #3A602F #2F5260

split-complementary

#552F60 #52602F #2F603C

monochromatic

#120A15 #311B37 #552F60 #794389 #9C5BAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.70

#552F60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#552F60 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552F60

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552F60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552F60	1.00	10.70	1.96	10.70
#FFFFFF	10.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#263B62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#313F5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#553643

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552f60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 47, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.092 318.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86698d',
    500: '#552f60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552f60;
$custom-light: #86698d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552f60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.531,
    "s": 34.266,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37459,
    "c": 0.09227,
    "h": 318.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552F60

secondary

#669259

accent

#CA5D76

background

#F8F6F8

surface

#EFEBF0

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0B060C

muted

#7C7A7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #552F60

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

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