#550E50#550E50

#550E50 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 32.2% C 0.128 H 331.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#550E50
RGB	rgb(85, 14, 80)
HSL	hsl(304, 72%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(304, 84%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.5%, 5.9%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.33, 39.36, -22.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.33, 45.25, 330.43°)
OKLab	oklab(32.16% 0.1124 -0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(32.16% 0.128 331.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.3513, 2.8250, 7.8513)
Luminance	0.0283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#550E50 #0E5513

analogous

#370E55 #550E50 #550E2D

triadic

#550E50 #50550E #0E5055

tetradic

#550E50 #55370E #0E5513 #0E2D55

square

#550E50 #55370E #0E5513 #0E2D55

split-complementary

#550E50 #2D550E #0E5537

monochromatic

#1A0419 #20051F #550E50 #8A1781 #BE1FB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.42

#550E50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#550E50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #550E50

13.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##550E50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##550E50	1.00	13.42	1.57	13.42
#FFFFFF	13.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#072952

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#25324E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59172E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #550e50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 14, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.2% 0.128 331.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885681',
    500: '#550e50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #550e50;
$custom-light: #885681;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#550e50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.225,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32158,
    "c": 0.12817,
    "h": 331.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#550E50

secondary

#308F36

accent

#EE4639

background

#F8F5F7

surface

#F0E9EE

border

#CBC5C9

text

#0C030A

muted

#7D787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #550E50

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

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