#553CA2#553CA2

#553CA2 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.157 H 289.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#553CA2
RGB	rgb(85, 60, 162)
HSL	hsl(255, 46%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(255, 63%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 63%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.50, 36.64, -51.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.50, 63.38, 305.31°)
OKLab	oklab(44.23% 0.053 -0.1479)
OKLCH	oklch(44.23% 0.157 289.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.8819, 7.7712, 35.0493)
Luminance	0.0777 (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

#553CA2 #89A23C

analogous

#3C56A2 #553CA2 #883CA2

triadic

#553CA2 #A2553C #3CA255

tetradic

#553CA2 #A23C56 #89A23C #3CA288

square

#553CA2 #A23C56 #89A23C #3CA288

split-complementary

#553CA2 #A2883C #56A23C

monochromatic

#261B49 #3E2B75 #553CA2 #7359C2 #9986D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.22

#553CA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#553CA2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #553CA2

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##553CA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##553CA2	1.00	8.22	2.55	8.22
#FFFFFF	8.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D5469

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #553ca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 60, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.157 289.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b73be',
    500: '#553ca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #553ca2;
$custom-light: #8b73be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#553ca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.706,
    "s": 45.946,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4423,
    "c": 0.1571,
    "h": 289.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#553CA2

secondary

#ADBC7D

accent

#D652B5

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#F0EDF7

border

#CBC8D0

text

#0C0812

muted

#7D7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #553CA2

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

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