#550C51#550C51

#550C51 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 32.1% C 0.131 H 330.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#550C51
RGB	rgb(85, 12, 81)
HSL	hsl(303, 75%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(303, 86%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 85.9%, 4.7%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.18, 40.15, -23.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.18, 46.40, 329.92°)
OKLab	oklab(32.07% 0.1142 -0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(32.07% 0.131 330.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.3630, 2.7888, 8.0388)
Luminance	0.0279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#550C51 #0C5510

analogous

#350C55 #550C51 #550C2D

triadic

#550C51 #51550C #0C5155

tetradic

#550C51 #55350C #0C5510 #0C2D55

square

#550C51 #55350C #0C5510 #0C2D55

split-complementary

#550C51 #2D550C #0C5535

monochromatic

#1B041A #1F041E #550C51 #8B1484 #C01BB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.48

#550C51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.56

#550C51 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #550C51

13.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##550C51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##550C51	1.00	13.48	1.56	13.48
#FFFFFF	13.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#032853

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#24324F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59172F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #550c51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 12, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.1% 0.131 330.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885682',
    500: '#550c51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #550c51;
$custom-light: #885682;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#550c51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.288,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 19.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3207,
    "c": 0.13102,
    "h": 330.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#550C51

secondary

#2D9032

accent

#F24036

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9EF

border

#CBC5CA

text

#0C030A

muted

#7D787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #550C51

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

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