#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
RGB	rgb(85, 15, 94)
HSL	hsl(293, 72%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(293, 84%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 84%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.37, 41.63, -30.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.37, 51.36, 324.16°)
OKLab	oklab(33.19% 0.1108 -0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(33.19% 0.139 322.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.9373, 3.0815, 10.8696)
Luminance	0.0308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

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
##550F5E	1.00	12.99	1.62	12.99
#FFFFFF	12.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview with #550F5E

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

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