#553B8A#553B8A

#553B8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.127 H 295.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#553B8A
RGB	rgb(85, 59, 138)
HSL	hsl(260, 40%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(260, 57%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.4%, 57.2%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.56, 30.21, -40.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.56, 50.30, 306.91°)
OKLab	oklab(42.27% 0.0549 -0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(42.27% 0.127 295.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.8965, 6.8940, 24.8491)
Luminance	0.0689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#553B8A #708A3B

analogous

#3B488A #553B8A #7C3B8A

triadic

#553B8A #8A553B #3B8A55

tetradic

#553B8A #8A3B48 #708A3B #3B8A7C

square

#553B8A #8A3B48 #708A3B #3B8A7C

split-complementary

#553B8A #8A7C3B #488A3B

monochromatic

#201634 #3B295F #553B8A #704FB4 #9379C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.83

#553B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#553B8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #553B8A

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##553B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##553B8A	1.00	8.83	2.38	8.83
#FFFFFF	8.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#164B8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E4988

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#484B5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #553b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 59, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.127 295.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8872ad',
    500: '#553b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #553b8a;
$custom-light: #8872ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#553b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.747,
    "s": 40.102,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42267,
    "c": 0.12658,
    "h": 295.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#553B8A

secondary

#9BAF71

accent

#D058A8

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0ECF4

border

#CBC7CE

text

#0C0810

muted

#7D7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #553B8A

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

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