#550F55#550F55

#550F55 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.6% C 0.131 H 328.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#550F55
RGB	rgb(85, 15, 85)
HSL	hsl(300, 70%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(300, 82%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.4%, 0%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.76, 39.93, -25.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.76, 47.13, 327.92°)
OKLab	oklab(32.57% 0.1114 -0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(32.57% 0.131 328.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.5568, 2.9292, 8.8653)
Luminance	0.0293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#550F55 #0F550F

analogous

#320F55 #550F55 #550F32

triadic

#550F55 #55550F #0F5555

tetradic

#550F55 #55320F #0F550F #0F3255

square

#550F55 #55320F #0F550F #0F3255

split-complementary

#550F55 #32550F #0F5532

monochromatic

#1A051A #210621 #550F55 #891889 #BD21BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.24

#550F55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.59

#550F55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #550F55

13.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##550F55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##550F55	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)

#012A57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#233353

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#581B32

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #550f55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 15, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.6% 0.131 328.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885785',
    500: '#550f55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #550f55;
$custom-light: #885785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#550f55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 15,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32566,
    "c": 0.13129,
    "h": 328.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#550F55

secondary

#318F31

accent

#ED3B3B

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9EF

border

#CBC5CA

text

#0C030B

muted

#7D787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #550F55

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

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