#550E4B#550E4B

#550E4B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 31.8% C 0.124 H 334.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#550E4B
RGB	rgb(85, 14, 75)
HSL	hsl(308, 72%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(308, 84%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.5%, 11.8%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.03, 38.50, -19.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.03, 43.11, 333.26°)
OKLab	oklab(31.85% 0.1122 -0.0531)
OKLCH	oklch(31.85% 0.124 334.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.1734, 2.7538, 6.9143)
Luminance	0.0275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#550E4B #0E5518

analogous

#3C0E55 #550E4B #550E28

triadic

#550E4B #4B550E #0E4B55

tetradic

#550E4B #553C0E #0E5518 #0E2855

square

#550E4B #553C0E #0E5518 #0E2855

split-complementary

#550E4B #28550E #0E553C

monochromatic

#1A0417 #20051D #550E4B #8A1779 #BE1FA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.54

#550E4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.55

#550E4B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #550E4B

13.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##550E4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##550E4B	1.00	13.54	1.55	13.54
#FFFFFF	13.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0D284D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#283249

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A152C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #550e4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 14, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.8% 0.124 334.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88567d',
    500: '#550e4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #550e4b;
$custom-light: #88567d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#550e4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.451,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31847,
    "c": 0.12414,
    "h": 334.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#550E4B

secondary

#308F3D

accent

#EE5339

background

#F8F5F7

surface

#F0E9EE

border

#CBC5C9

text

#0C0309

muted

#7D787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #550E4B

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

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