#553897#553897

#553897 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.148 H 293.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#553897
RGB	rgb(85, 56, 151)
HSL	hsl(258, 46%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(258, 63%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.7%, 62.9%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.79, 35.76, -47.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.79, 59.71, 306.79°)
OKLab	oklab(42.73% 0.0583 -0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(42.73% 0.148 293.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.7449, 6.9937, 30.0560)
Luminance	0.0699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#553897 #7A9738

analogous

#384A97 #553897 #843897

triadic

#553897 #975538 #389755

tetradic

#553897 #97384A #7A9738 #389784

square

#553897 #97384A #7A9738 #389784

split-complementary

#553897 #978438 #4A9738

monochromatic

#23173E #3C276A #553897 #704FBE #957BCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.75

#553897 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#553897 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #553897

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##553897	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##553897	1.00	8.75	2.40	8.75
#FFFFFF	8.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004C9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004995

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#434E62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #553897;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 56, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.148 293.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a70b6',
    500: '#553897',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #553897;
$custom-light: #8a70b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#553897",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.316,
    "s": 45.894,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42726,
    "c": 0.14838,
    "h": 293.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#553897

secondary

#A3B773

accent

#D652AD

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0711

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #553897

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

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