#550F5F#550F5F

#550F5F is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.3% C 0.140 H 322.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#550F5F
RGB	rgb(85, 15, 95)
HSL	hsl(293, 73%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(293, 84%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 84.2%, 0%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.44, 41.83, -30.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.44, 51.84, 323.79°)
OKLab	oklab(33.27% 0.1107 -0.0857)
OKLCH	oklch(33.27% 0.14 322.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.9825, 3.0995, 11.1074)
Luminance	0.0310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#550F5F #195F0F

analogous

#2D0F5F #550F5F #5F0F41

triadic

#550F5F #5F550F #0F5F55

tetradic

#550F5F #5F2D0F #195F0F #0F415F

square

#550F5F #5F2D0F #195F0F #0F415F

split-complementary

#550F5F #415F0F #0F5F2D

monochromatic

#18041A #26072A #550F5F #841794 #B420C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.96

#550F5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#550F5F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #550F5F

12.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##550F5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##550F5F	1.00	12.96	1.62	12.96
#FFFFFF	12.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002C61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C345D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#562037

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #550f5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 15, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.3% 0.140 322.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88588d',
    500: '#550f5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #550f5f;
$custom-light: #88588d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#550f5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 15,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.5,
    "s": 72.727,
    "l": 21.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33267,
    "c": 0.14001,
    "h": 322.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#550F5F

secondary

#3E9832

accent

#EF384F

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040C

muted

#7D797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #550F5F

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

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