#553CA9#553CA9

#553CA9 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.166 H 288.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#553CA9
RGBrgb(85, 60, 169)
HSLhsl(254, 48%, 45%)
HSVhsv(254, 64%, 66%)
CMYKcmyk(49.7%, 64.5%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LABlab(34.04, 38.73, -55.05)
CIE-LCHlch(34.04, 67.31, 305.13°)
OKLaboklab(44.79% 0.0523 -0.1577)
OKLCHoklch(44.79% 0.166 288.4)
XYZxyz(12.5215, 8.0270, 38.4180)
Luminance0.0803 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#553CA9 #90A93C
analogous
#3C5AA9 #553CA9 #8B3CA9
triadic
#553CA9 #A9553C #3CA955
tetradic
#553CA9 #A93C5A #90A93C #3CA98B
square
#553CA9 #A93C5A #90A93C #3CA98B
split-complementary
#553CA9 #A98B3C #5AA93C
monochromatic
#281C4F #3E2C7C #553CA9 #755DC5 #9B8AD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.06
#553CA9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.61
#553CA9 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #553CA9
8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##553CA9#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##553CA91.008.062.618.06
#FFFFFF8.061.0021.001.00
#0000002.6121.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF8.061.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#0052AC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#004DA7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#38566D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #553ca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 60, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.166 288.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c73c3',
    500: '#553ca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #553ca9;
$custom-light: #8c73c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#553ca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.761,
    "s": 47.598,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4479,
    "c": 0.16616,
    "h": 288.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#553CA9
secondary
#B1C081
accent
#D751B8
background
#F9F7FC
surface
#F1EDF8
border
#CBC8D1
text
#0D0813
muted
#7E7B82

Preview Lab

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#553CA9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva