#553CA3#553CA3

#553CA3 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.158 H 289.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#553CA3
RGB	rgb(85, 60, 163)
HSL	hsl(255, 46%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(255, 63%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.9%, 63.2%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.58, 36.94, -52.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.58, 63.95, 305.28°)
OKLab	oklab(44.31% 0.0529 -0.1493)
OKLCH	oklch(44.31% 0.158 289.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.9711, 7.8069, 35.5194)
Luminance	0.0781 (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

#553CA3 #8AA33C

analogous

#3C56A3 #553CA3 #883CA3

triadic

#553CA3 #A3553C #3CA355

tetradic

#553CA3 #A33C56 #8AA33C #3CA388

square

#553CA3 #A33C56 #8AA33C #3CA388

split-complementary

#553CA3 #A3883C #56A33C

monochromatic

#261B4A #3E2C76 #553CA3 #735AC2 #9987D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.20

#553CA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#553CA3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #553CA3

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##553CA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##553CA3	1.00	8.20	2.56	8.20
#FFFFFF	8.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C546A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #553ca3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 60, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.158 289.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b73bf',
    500: '#553ca3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #553ca3;
$custom-light: #8b73bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#553ca3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.563,
    "s": 46.188,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44309,
    "c": 0.1584,
    "h": 289.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#553CA3

secondary

#AEBD7E

accent

#D652B6

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#F0EDF7

border

#CBC8D0

text

#0D0812

muted

#7D7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #553CA3

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

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