#55425B#55425B

#55425B is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.048 H 318.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55425B
RGB	rgb(85, 66, 91)
HSL	hsl(286, 16%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(286, 27%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.6%, 27.5%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.84, 13.35, -11.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.84, 17.77, 318.71°)
OKLab	oklab(40.9% 0.0353 -0.0318)
OKLCH	oklch(40.9% 0.048 318)
XYZ	xyz(7.5826, 6.5832, 10.7667)
Luminance	0.0658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55425B #485B42

analogous

#48425B #55425B #5B4254

triadic

#55425B #5B5542 #425B55

tetradic

#55425B #5B4842 #485B42 #42545B

square

#55425B #5B4842 #485B42 #42545B

split-complementary

#55425B #545B42 #425B48

monochromatic

#130F14 #342838 #55425B #765C7E #95799E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.07

#55425B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#55425B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55425B

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55425B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55425B	1.00	9.07	2.32	9.07
#FFFFFF	9.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F475C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#43495A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55454B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55425b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 66, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.048 318.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#857689',
    500: '#55425b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55425b;
$custom-light: #857689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55425b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.6,
    "s": 15.924,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.409,
    "c": 0.04751,
    "h": 318
  },
  "luminance": 0.06583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55425B

secondary

#758A6F

accent

#B96F81

background

#F8F7F8

surface

#EFEDF0

border

#CAC8CB

text

#0B080B

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #55425B

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

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