#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
RGBrgb(85, 14, 77)
HSLhsl(307, 72%, 19%)
HSVhsv(307, 84%, 33%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 83.5%, 9.4%, 66.7%)
CIE-LABlab(19.15, 38.84, -20.58)
CIE-LCHlch(19.15, 43.95, 332.08°)
OKLaboklab(31.97% 0.1123 -0.0565)
OKLCHoklch(31.97% 0.126 333.3)
XYZxyz(5.2429, 2.7816, 7.2805)
Luminance0.0278 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familypurple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##550E4D1.0013.491.5613.49
#FFFFFF13.491.0021.001.00
#0000001.5621.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF13.491.0021.001.00

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

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#550E4D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva