Color reference

#552244 color reference

Soft Dark Rose

This is a soft, dark rose under the deterministic OKLCH hue, lightness, and chroma ranges. Its closest standardized CSS named color is Maroon (#800000), measured with straight-line OKLab distance.

Descriptive label
Soft Dark Rose
Recommended text
White · 12.36:1
Relative luminance
0.034927
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Formats UI preview Contrast 50–900 scale Harmonies Matches Related colors Color vision Exports

Copyable values

#552244 in common color formats

Values are calculated from the same opaque sRGB color. Display rounding does not alter the internal calculations.

Color conversions for #552244
Format Value Action
HEX #552244
RGB rgb(85 34 68)
HSL hsl(320 42.86% 23.33%)
HSV hsv(320 60% 33.33%)
HWB hwb(320 13.33% 66.67%)
XYZ D65 color(xyz-d65 0.053615 0.03493 0.058609)
LAB lab(22.0105% 27.5068 -9.7994)
LCH lch(22.0105% 29.2002 340.3913)
OKLAB oklab(33.8407% 0.084166 -0.027036)
OKLCH oklch(33.8407% 0.088402 342.1921)

Real-world test

Try #552244 on interface components

Preview the source as a primary action, subtle status, form treatment, and card surface. Persistent state controls help touch and keyboard users inspect the same normal, hover, and active colors.

Normal state uses #552244 with white text at 12.36:1.

Action

Primary button

Use the controls above or point to and press the button to inspect its visual states.

Status

Subtle alert badge

A 12% source tint over white provides the background; readable text is selected separately.

Ready for review

Form

Border and focus ring

Source ring on white: 12.36:1 · meets the 3:1 non-text threshold where applicable.

Surface

Card component

The selected state becomes the card surface with its strongest black-or-white text pairing.

Design system Color decision ready Review states and surrounding surfaces before shipping.

Accessibility diagnostics

WCAG contrast for exact color pairs

Each result applies only to the named foreground, background, text size, and requirement. It is not a complete accessibility or component-conformance claim.

Source #552244 Exact pair assessment Results for source text on white appear below.

On white

12.36:1

  • Pass AA normal text · 4.5:1
  • Pass AAA normal text · 7:1
  • Pass AA large text · 3:1
  • Pass UI/non-text where applicable · 3:1
Source #552244 Exact pair assessment Results for source text on black appear below.

On black

1.7:1

  • Fail AA normal text · 4.5:1
  • Fail AAA normal text · 7:1
  • Fail AA large text · 3:1
  • Fail UI/non-text where applicable · 3:1

Use guidance

What this color may be suitable for

Pass in a tested context

Normal-sized text

#552244 reaches 11.83:1 on Hue Codex paper, meeting WCAG AA for normal text in that exact pairing.

Potential fit

Controls and interface graphics

Against Hue Codex paper, the color reaches 11.83:1. That meets the 3:1 color-contrast threshold where WCAG 1.4.11 applies, but states, shape, and non-color cues still need review.

Readable pairing available

Colored surface or button fill

White text provides the stronger black/white pairing on #552244 at 12.36:1. This validates only that text pair, not hover, focus, disabled, or adjacent-color states.

Distinctive accent

Palette role

Its OKLCH chroma of 0.0884 gives it enough visual presence for an accent or primary role when the tested foreground and neighboring colors pass.

Pair available

Color used as foreground

The stronger black/white background is white at 12.36:1. Always retest against the actual rendered background and text size.

Tested backgrounds

Foreground pairing comparison

#552244 foreground contrast on tested backgrounds
Pair Background Contrast ratio
White#FFFFFF 12.36:1
Hue Codex paper#FBFAF5 11.83:1
Soft neutral#F2EFE6 10.75:1
Black#000000 1.7:1
Hue Codex ink#10212B 1.33:1
Check #552244 on another background in Contrast Checker

Design-system starting point

A perceptual 50–900 reference scale

The source color is preserved at the nearest lightness step. Other swatches keep its OKLCH hue, moderate chroma toward the extremes, and reduce chroma only when needed to remain in sRGB.

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This is a Hue Codex reference scale, not a claim that the values match Tailwind, Material, or another framework’s named palette.

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Color relationships

Complementary, analogous, and triadic colors

Hue rotations use OKLCH while preserving lightness and requested chroma. When a rotated result falls outside sRGB, chroma is reduced deterministically and disclosed.

Complementary

Source #552244
Complement Chroma fitted to sRGB

Analogous

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Analogous −30°
Analogous +30°

Triadic

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Triad +120° Chroma fitted to sRGB
Triad +240° Chroma fitted to sRGB

Applied pairing

A small interface check

The source anchors the main action while the complement marks a secondary status. Contrast is selected separately for each fill.

Project color Soft Dark Rose
Complement
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Distance matching

Closest standardized and framework colors

Matches use straight-line OKLab distance ×100. A smaller value means the coordinates are closer in this model; it is not a claim that two tokens are interchangeable in a design system.

CSS named color

Maroon

#800000

OKLab distance ×100: 12.06

Tailwind v4 default

mauve-700

oklch(36.4% 0.029 323.89)

OKLab distance ×100: 6.67 · sRGB preview #463947

Print boundary

Pantone match not estimated

Reliable print matching needs licensed reference data plus a defined ink, paper, profile, and viewing condition.

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Color-vision screening

Approximate color-vision-deficiency views

These encoded-sRGB matrix previews are screening approximations. They help reveal possible color-only distinctions but do not reproduce every person’s vision or establish accessibility conformance.

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Protanopia

Red-vision deficiency approximation

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Deuteranopia

Green-vision deficiency approximation

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Tritanopia

Blue-yellow deficiency approximation

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Achromatopsia

Monochromatic-vision approximation

Test #552244 with a complete palette in the CVD Simulator

Ready to use

Copy framework-ready color tokens

Exports preserve the source, readable foreground, and generated 50–900 scale. Tailwind v4 CSS-first and Tailwind v3 JavaScript-config formats are labeled separately.

CSS custom properties

Semantic aliases and the complete 50–900 scale.

:root {
  --color-primary: #552244;
  --color-on-primary: #FFFFFF;
  --color-primary-oklch: oklch(33.8407% 0.088402 342.1921);
  --color-primary-50: #FFF0F9;
  --color-primary-100: #F9D0E8;
  --color-primary-200: #E1B5CF;
  --color-primary-300: #C99BB6;
  --color-primary-400: #B1819E;
  --color-primary-500: #996987;
  --color-primary-600: #825170;
  --color-primary-700: #6C395A;
  --color-primary-800: #552244;
  --color-primary-900: #3C112E;
}

Tailwind v4 CSS-first theme

Current @theme syntax for bg-brand, text-brand, and scale utilities.

@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  --color-brand: #552244;
  --color-brand-foreground: #FFFFFF;
  --color-brand-50: #FFF0F9;
  --color-brand-100: #F9D0E8;
  --color-brand-200: #E1B5CF;
  --color-brand-300: #C99BB6;
  --color-brand-400: #B1819E;
  --color-brand-500: #996987;
  --color-brand-600: #825170;
  --color-brand-700: #6C395A;
  --color-brand-800: #552244;
  --color-brand-900: #3C112E;
}

Tailwind v3 / legacy config

CommonJS theme.extend.colors for JavaScript-config projects.

module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        brand: {
          '50': '#FFF0F9',
          '100': '#F9D0E8',
          '200': '#E1B5CF',
          '300': '#C99BB6',
          '400': '#B1819E',
          '500': '#996987',
          '600': '#825170',
          '700': '#6C395A',
          '800': '#552244',
          '900': '#3C112E',
          DEFAULT: '#552244',
          foreground: '#FFFFFF',
        },
      },
    },
  },
};

Sass variables

Semantic source, foreground, OKLCH, and scale variables.

$color-primary: #552244;
$color-on-primary: #FFFFFF;
$color-primary-oklch: oklch(33.8407% 0.088402 342.1921);
$color-primary-50: #FFF0F9;
$color-primary-100: #F9D0E8;
$color-primary-200: #E1B5CF;
$color-primary-300: #C99BB6;
$color-primary-400: #B1819E;
$color-primary-500: #996987;
$color-primary-600: #825170;
$color-primary-700: #6C395A;
$color-primary-800: #552244;
$color-primary-900: #3C112E;

Modern color-mix()

Static fallbacks followed by OKLab tint and shade declarations.

:root {
  --color-primary: #552244;
  --color-primary-tint: #E1B5CF;
  --color-primary-tint: color-mix(in oklab, var(--color-primary) 72%, white);
  --color-primary-shade: #6C395A;
  --color-primary-shade: color-mix(in oklab, var(--color-primary) 82%, black);
}

JSON design data

Source formats, readable text, and the generated scale.

{
    "name": "Soft Dark Rose",
    "hex": "#552244",
    "rgb": "rgb(85 34 68)",
    "oklch": "oklch(33.8407% 0.088402 342.1921)",
    "recommendedText": "#FFFFFF",
    "scale": {
        "50": "#FFF0F9",
        "100": "#F9D0E8",
        "200": "#E1B5CF",
        "300": "#C99BB6",
        "400": "#B1819E",
        "500": "#996987",
        "600": "#825170",
        "700": "#6C395A",
        "800": "#552244",
        "900": "#3C112E"
    }
}

Continue the decision

Use #552244 in a complete workflow

Reference values are a starting point. Test the color in its real role, background, states, typography, and surrounding palette before shipping.

Adjust #552244 in Color PickerStart with this exact color and white as the working background for role and accessibility decisions. Build a palette from #552244 in Palette GeneratorUse this exact HEX as the seed for a deterministic, role-based palette. Check #552244 on white in Contrast CheckerStart with this color as the foreground and white as the background, then test the real pair.