#550E4A#550E4A

#550E4A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.8% C 0.123 H 335.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#550E4A
RGB	rgb(85, 14, 74)
HSL	hsl(309, 72%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(309, 84%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.5%, 12.9%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.97, 38.33, -18.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.97, 42.69, 333.87°)
OKLab	oklab(31.79% 0.1121 -0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(31.79% 0.123 335.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.1395, 2.7403, 6.7355)
Luminance	0.0274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#550E4A #0E5519

analogous

#3D0E55 #550E4A #550E27

triadic

#550E4A #4A550E #0E4A55

tetradic

#550E4A #553D0E #0E5519 #0E2755

square

#550E4A #553D0E #0E5519 #0E2755

split-complementary

#550E4A #27550E #0E553D

monochromatic

#1A0417 #20051C #550E4A #8A1778 #BE1FA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.57

#550E4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.55

#550E4A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #550E4A

13.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##550E4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##550E4A	1.00	13.57	1.55	13.57
#FFFFFF	13.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0E274C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#283248

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A142B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #550e4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 14, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.8% 0.123 335.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88567c',
    500: '#550e4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #550e4a;
$custom-light: #88567c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#550e4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.296,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31787,
    "c": 0.12335,
    "h": 335.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#550E4A

secondary

#308F3E

accent

#EE5539

background

#F8F5F7

surface

#F0E9EE

border

#CBC5C9

text

#0C0309

muted

#7D787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #550E4A

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

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