#550F76#550F76

#550F76 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.161 H 311.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#550F76
RGB	rgb(85, 15, 118)
HSL	hsl(281, 77%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(281, 87%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(28%, 87.3%, 0%, 53.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.24, 46.62, -42.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.24, 63.23, 317.51°)
OKLab	oklab(35.09% 0.1059 -0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(35.09% 0.161 311.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.1865, 3.5811, 17.4487)
Luminance	0.0358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#550F76 #30760F

analogous

#210F76 #550F76 #760F63

triadic

#550F76 #76550F #0F7655

tetradic

#550F76 #76210F #30760F #0F6376

square

#550F76 #76210F #30760F #0F6376

split-complementary

#550F76 #63760F #0F7621

monochromatic

#14031B #2E0840 #550F76 #7C16AC #A31DE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.24

#550F76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#550F76 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #550F76

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##550F76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##550F76	1.00	12.24	1.72	12.24
#FFFFFF	12.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003279

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003674

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#512B45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #550f76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 15, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.161 311.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89599e',
    500: '#550f76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #550f76;
$custom-light: #89599e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#550f76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 15,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.777,
    "s": 77.444,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35093,
    "c": 0.16096,
    "h": 311.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#550F76

secondary

#5BAD33

accent

#F43471

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #550F76

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

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