#5523B1#5523B1

#5523B1 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.204 H 290.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5523B1
RGB	rgb(85, 35, 177)
HSL	hsl(261, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(261, 80%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(52%, 80.2%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.17, 53.75, -66.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.17, 85.24, 309.09°)
OKLab	oklab(42.26% 0.0725 -0.1902)
OKLCH	oklch(42.26% 0.204 290.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.2809, 6.3072, 42.1568)
Luminance	0.0631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.17

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5523B1 #7FB123

analogous

#2338B1 #5523B1 #9C23B1

triadic

#5523B1 #B15523 #23B155

tetradic

#5523B1 #B12338 #7FB123 #23B19C

square

#5523B1 #B12338 #7FB123 #23B19C

split-complementary

#5523B1 #B19C23 #38B123

monochromatic

#240F4B #3C197E #5523B1 #7139D8 #966CE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.29

#5523B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#5523B1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5523B1

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5523B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5523B1	1.00	9.29	2.26	9.29
#FFFFFF	9.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#344D6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5523b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 35, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.204 290.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f65ca',
    500: '#5523b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5523b1;
$custom-light: #8f65ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5523b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.127,
    "s": 66.981,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42261,
    "c": 0.20352,
    "h": 290.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5523B1

secondary

#A6C868

accent

#EA3EAD

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF8

border

#CCC6D1

text

#0E0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5523B1

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

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