#550E55#550E55

#550E55 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.5% C 0.132 H 328.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#550E55
RGB	rgb(85, 14, 85)
HSL	hsl(300, 72%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(300, 84%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.5%, 0%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.65, 40.25, -25.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.65, 47.50, 327.94°)
OKLab	oklab(32.49% 0.1124 -0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(32.49% 0.132 328.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.5430, 2.9017, 8.8607)
Luminance	0.0290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#550E55 #0E550E

analogous

#320E55 #550E55 #550E32

triadic

#550E55 #55550E #0E5555

tetradic

#550E55 #55320E #0E550E #0E3255

square

#550E55 #55320E #0E550E #0E3255

split-complementary

#550E55 #32550E #0E5532

monochromatic

#1A041A #200520 #550E55 #8A178A #BE1FBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.29

#550E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#550E55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #550E55

13.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##550E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##550E55	1.00	13.29	1.58	13.29
#FFFFFF	13.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002A57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#233353

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#581A31

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #550e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 14, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.5% 0.132 328.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885785',
    500: '#550e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #550e55;
$custom-light: #885785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#550e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32486,
    "c": 0.13234,
    "h": 328.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#550E55

secondary

#308F30

accent

#EE3939

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9EF

border

#CBC5CA

text

#0C030B

muted

#7D787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #550E55

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

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