#550F5E#550F5E

#550F5E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.2% C 0.139 H 322.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#550F5E
RGBrgb(85, 15, 94)
HSLhsl(293, 72%, 21%)
HSVhsv(293, 84%, 37%)
CMYKcmyk(9.6%, 84%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LABlab(20.37, 41.63, -30.08)
CIE-LCHlch(20.37, 51.36, 324.16°)
OKLaboklab(33.19% 0.1108 -0.0841)
OKLCHoklch(33.19% 0.139 322.8)
XYZxyz(5.9373, 3.0815, 10.8696)
Luminance0.0308 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familypurple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#550F5E #185E0F
analogous
#2E0F5E #550F5E #5E0F40
triadic
#550F5E #5E550F #0F5E55
tetradic
#550F5E #5E2E0F #185E0F #0F405E
square
#550F5E #5E2E0F #185E0F #0F405E
split-complementary
#550F5E #405E0F #0F5E2E
monochromatic
#18041A #250729 #550F5E #851793 #B420C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.99
#550F5E on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62
#550F5E on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #550F5E
12.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##550F5E#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##550F5E1.0012.991.6212.99
#FFFFFF12.991.0021.001.00
#0000001.6221.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF12.991.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#002C60
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#1D345C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#561F37
Achromatopsia (no color)
#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #550f5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 15, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.2% 0.139 322.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88578c',
    500: '#550f5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #550f5e;
$custom-light: #88578c;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#550f5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 15,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.165,
    "s": 72.477,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33194,
    "c": 0.13913,
    "h": 322.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#550F5E
secondary
#3D9731
accent
#EF394D
background
#F8F5F8
surface
#F0E9F0
border
#CBC5CB
text
#0C040C
muted
#7D797D

Preview Lab

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#550F5E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva