#550C55#550C55

#550C55 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.3% C 0.134 H 328.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#550C55
RGB	rgb(85, 12, 85)
HSL	hsl(300, 75%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(300, 86%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 85.9%, 0%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.43, 40.86, -25.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.43, 48.19, 327.99°)
OKLab	oklab(32.34% 0.1141 -0.0709)
OKLCH	oklch(32.34% 0.134 328.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.5174, 2.8505, 8.8522)
Luminance	0.0285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#550C55 #0C550C

analogous

#310C55 #550C55 #550C31

triadic

#550C55 #55550C #0C5555

tetradic

#550C55 #55310C #0C550C #0C3155

square

#550C55 #55310C #0C550C #0C3155

split-complementary

#550C55 #31550C #0C5531

monochromatic

#1B041B #1F041F #550C55 #8B148B #C01BC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.38

#550C55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#550C55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #550C55

13.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##550C55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##550C55	1.00	13.38	1.57	13.38
#FFFFFF	13.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002957

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#223253

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#581931

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #550c55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 12, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.3% 0.134 328.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885685',
    500: '#550c55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #550c55;
$custom-light: #885685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#550c55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 19.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32336,
    "c": 0.13432,
    "h": 328.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#550C55

secondary

#2D902D

accent

#F23636

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9EF

border

#CBC5CA

text

#0C030B

muted

#7D787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #550C55

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

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