#550E5D#550E5D

#550E5D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 33.0% C 0.139 H 323.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#550E5D
RGB	rgb(85, 14, 93)
HSL	hsl(294, 74%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(294, 85%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 84.9%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.19, 41.76, -29.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.19, 51.24, 324.58°)
OKLab	oklab(33.04% 0.1118 -0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(33.04% 0.139 323.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.8790, 3.0361, 10.6302)
Luminance	0.0304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#550E5D #165D0E

analogous

#2D0E5D #550E5D #5D0E3D

triadic

#550E5D #5D550E #0E5D55

tetradic

#550E5D #5D2D0E #165D0E #0E3D5D

square

#550E5D #5D2D0E #165D0E #0E3D5D

split-complementary

#550E5D #3D5D0E #0E5D2D

monochromatic

#18041B #240628 #550E5D #861692 #B61EC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.07

#550E5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.61

#550E5D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #550E5D

13.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##550E5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##550E5D	1.00	13.07	1.61	13.07
#FFFFFF	13.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002C5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D335B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#561E36

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #550e5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 14, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.0% 0.139 323.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88578b',
    500: '#550e5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #550e5d;
$custom-light: #88578b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#550e5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.924,
    "s": 73.832,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33044,
    "c": 0.13924,
    "h": 323.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#550E5D

secondary

#3A9730

accent

#F0374A

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040C

muted

#7D797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #550E5D

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

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