#550C49#550C49

#550C49 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.6% C 0.125 H 336.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#550C49
RGB	rgb(85, 12, 73)
HSL	hsl(310, 75%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(310, 86%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 85.9%, 14.1%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.70, 38.80, -18.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.70, 43.00, 334.45°)
OKLab	oklab(31.57% 0.1139 -0.0506)
OKLCH	oklch(31.57% 0.125 336)
XYZ	xyz(5.0805, 2.6758, 6.5509)
Luminance	0.0267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#550C49 #0C5518

analogous

#3D0C55 #550C49 #550C25

triadic

#550C49 #49550C #0C4955

tetradic

#550C49 #553D0C #0C5518 #0C2555

square

#550C49 #553D0C #0C5518 #0C2555

split-complementary

#550C49 #25550C #0C553D

monochromatic

#1B0417 #1F041B #550C49 #8B1477 #C01BA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.68

#550C49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#550C49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #550C49

13.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##550C49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##550C49	1.00	13.68	1.54	13.68
#FFFFFF	13.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0D274B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#283147

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A122A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #550c49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 12, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.6% 0.125 336.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88557c',
    500: '#550c49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #550c49;
$custom-light: #88557c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#550c49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.863,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 19.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3157,
    "c": 0.12468,
    "h": 336
  },
  "luminance": 0.02675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#550C49

secondary

#2D903D

accent

#F25536

background

#F8F5F7

surface

#F0E9EE

border

#CBC5C9

text

#0C0309

muted

#7D787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #550C49

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

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