#550C4E#550C4E

#550C4E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.9% C 0.129 H 332.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#550C4E
RGB	rgb(85, 12, 78)
HSL	hsl(306, 75%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(306, 86%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 85.9%, 8.2%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.99, 39.63, -21.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.99, 45.09, 331.51°)
OKLab	oklab(31.88% 0.1142 -0.0592)
OKLCH	oklch(31.88% 0.129 332.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.2530, 2.7448, 7.4594)
Luminance	0.0274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#550C4E #0C5513

analogous

#380C55 #550C4E #550C2A

triadic

#550C4E #4E550C #0C4E55

tetradic

#550C4E #55380C #0C5513 #0C2A55

square

#550C4E #55380C #0C5513 #0C2A55

split-complementary

#550C4E #2A550C #0C5538

monochromatic

#1B0419 #1F041D #550C4E #8B147F #C01BB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.56

#550C4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.55

#550C4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #550C4E

13.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##550C4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##550C4E	1.00	13.56	1.55	13.56
#FFFFFF	13.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#072850

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#26324C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59152D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #550c4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 12, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.9% 0.129 332.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885680',
    500: '#550c4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #550c4e;
$custom-light: #885680;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#550c4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.753,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 19.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31877,
    "c": 0.1286,
    "h": 332.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#550C4E

secondary

#2D9036

accent

#F24836

background

#F8F5F7

surface

#F0E9EE

border

#CBC5C9

text

#0C030A

muted

#7D787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #550C4E

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

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