#550E51#550E51

#550E51 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 32.2% C 0.129 H 330.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#550E51
RGB	rgb(85, 14, 81)
HSL	hsl(303, 72%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(303, 84%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.5%, 4.7%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.39, 39.53, -22.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.39, 45.69, 329.90°)
OKLab	oklab(32.22% 0.1124 -0.0632)
OKLCH	oklch(32.22% 0.129 330.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.3885, 2.8399, 8.0473)
Luminance	0.0284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#550E51 #0E5512

analogous

#360E55 #550E51 #550E2E

triadic

#550E51 #51550E #0E5155

tetradic

#550E51 #55360E #0E5512 #0E2E55

square

#550E51 #55360E #0E5512 #0E2E55

split-complementary

#550E51 #2E550E #0E5536

monochromatic

#1A0419 #20051F #550E51 #8A1783 #BE1FB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.39

#550E51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#550E51 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #550E51

13.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##550E51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##550E51	1.00	13.39	1.57	13.39
#FFFFFF	13.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#052953

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#25324F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59182F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #550e51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 14, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.2% 0.129 330.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885682',
    500: '#550e51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #550e51;
$custom-light: #885682;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#550e51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.38,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32222,
    "c": 0.12899,
    "h": 330.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#550E51

secondary

#308F35

accent

#EE4439

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9EF

border

#CBC5CA

text

#0C030A

muted

#7D787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #550E51

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

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