#550E57#550E57

#550E57 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.6% C 0.134 H 326.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#550E57
RGB	rgb(85, 14, 87)
HSL	hsl(298, 72%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(298, 84%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 83.9%, 0%, 65.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.78, 40.62, -26.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.78, 48.42, 327.03°)
OKLab	oklab(32.62% 0.1123 -0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(32.62% 0.134 326.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.6236, 2.9339, 9.2851)
Luminance	0.0293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#550E57 #10570E

analogous

#300E57 #550E57 #570E35

triadic

#550E57 #57550E #0E5755

tetradic

#550E57 #57300E #10570E #0E3557

square

#550E57 #57300E #10570E #0E3557

split-complementary

#550E57 #35570E #0E5730

monochromatic

#1A041A #210622 #550E57 #89168C #BC1FC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.24

#550E57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.59

#550E57 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #550E57

13.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##550E57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##550E57	1.00	13.24	1.59	13.24
#FFFFFF	13.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002A59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#213355

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#581B32

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #550e57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 14, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.6% 0.134 326.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885787',
    500: '#550e57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #550e57;
$custom-light: #885787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#550e57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.356,
    "s": 72.277,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32622,
    "c": 0.13404,
    "h": 326.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#550E57

secondary

#329130

accent

#EF393E

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9EF

border

#CBC5CA

text

#0C030B

muted

#7D787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #550E57

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

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