#550E4E#550E4E

#550E4E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 32.0% C 0.127 H 332.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#550E4E
RGB	rgb(85, 14, 78)
HSL	hsl(306, 72%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(306, 84%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.5%, 8.2%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.21, 39.01, -21.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.21, 44.38, 331.52°)
OKLab	oklab(32.03% 0.1124 -0.0582)
OKLCH	oklch(32.03% 0.127 332.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.2785, 2.7959, 7.4679)
Luminance	0.0279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#550E4E #0E5515

analogous

#390E55 #550E4E #550E2B

triadic

#550E4E #4E550E #0E4E55

tetradic

#550E4E #55390E #0E5515 #0E2B55

square

#550E4E #55390E #0E5515 #0E2B55

split-complementary

#550E4E #2B550E #0E5539

monochromatic

#1A0418 #20051E #550E4E #8A177E #BE1FAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.47

#550E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.56

#550E4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #550E4E

13.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##550E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##550E4E	1.00	13.47	1.56	13.47
#FFFFFF	13.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#092850

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#26324C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59162D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #550e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 14, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.0% 0.127 332.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885680',
    500: '#550e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #550e4e;
$custom-light: #885680;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#550e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.915,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32031,
    "c": 0.12654,
    "h": 332.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#550E4E

secondary

#308F39

accent

#EE4B39

background

#F8F5F7

surface

#F0E9EE

border

#CBC5C9

text

#0C030A

muted

#7D787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #550E4E

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

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