#550E4D#550E4D

#550E4D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 32.0% C 0.126 H 333.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#550E4D
RGB	rgb(85, 14, 77)
HSL	hsl(307, 72%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(307, 84%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.5%, 9.4%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.15, 38.84, -20.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.15, 43.95, 332.08°)
OKLab	oklab(31.97% 0.1123 -0.0565)
OKLCH	oklch(31.97% 0.126 333.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.2429, 2.7816, 7.2805)
Luminance	0.0278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#550E4D #0E5516

analogous

#3A0E55 #550E4D #550E2A

triadic

#550E4D #4D550E #0E4D55

tetradic

#550E4D #553A0E #0E5516 #0E2A55

square

#550E4D #553A0E #0E5516 #0E2A55

split-complementary

#550E4D #2A550E #0E553A

monochromatic

#1A0418 #20051D #550E4D #8A177D #BE1FAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.49

#550E4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.56

#550E4D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #550E4D

13.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##550E4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##550E4D	1.00	13.49	1.56	13.49
#FFFFFF	13.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B284F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#27324B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59162D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #550e4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 14, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.0% 0.126 333.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88567f',
    500: '#550e4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #550e4d;
$custom-light: #88567f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#550e4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.761,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31969,
    "c": 0.12573,
    "h": 333.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#550E4D

secondary

#308F3A

accent

#EE4E39

background

#F8F5F7

surface

#F0E9EE

border

#CBC5C9

text

#0C030A

muted

#7D787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #550E4D

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

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