#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
RGB	rgb(85, 60, 169)
HSL	hsl(254, 48%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(254, 64%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 64.5%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.04, 38.73, -55.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.04, 67.31, 305.13°)
OKLab	oklab(44.79% 0.0523 -0.1577)
OKLCH	oklch(44.79% 0.166 288.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.5215, 8.0270, 38.4180)
Luminance	0.0803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 2.79

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

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
##553CA9	1.00	8.06	2.61	8.06
#FFFFFF	8.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview with #553CA9

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

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