#550E7F#550E7F

#550E7F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.170 H 307.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#550E7F
RGB	rgb(85, 14, 127)
HSL	hsl(278, 80%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(278, 89%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.1%, 89%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.92, 48.89, -47.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.92, 68.04, 315.93°)
OKLab	oklab(35.81% 0.1038 -0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(35.81% 0.17 307.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.7333, 3.7778, 20.3964)
Luminance	0.0378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.62

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#550E7F #387F0E

analogous

#1C0E7F #550E7F #7F0E71

triadic

#550E7F #7F550E #0E7F55

tetradic

#550E7F #7F1C0E #387F0E #0E717F

square

#550E7F #7F1C0E #387F0E #0E717F

split-complementary

#550E7F #717F0E #0E7F1C

monochromatic

#12031C #300848 #550E7F #7A14B6 #9D21E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.96

#550E7F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#550E7F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #550E7F

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##550E7F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##550E7F	1.00	11.96	1.76	11.96
#FFFFFF	11.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003482

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00377D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E2F4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #550e7f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 14, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.170 307.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a59a5',
    500: '#550e7f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #550e7f;
$custom-light: #8a59a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#550e7f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.699,
    "s": 80.142,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35812,
    "c": 0.17008,
    "h": 307.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#550E7F

secondary

#64B633

accent

#F7317B

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #550E7F

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

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