#553CC8#553CC8

#553CC8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 47.4% C 0.205 H 283.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#553CC8
RGB	rgb(85, 60, 200)
HSL	hsl(251, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(251, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 70%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.62, 48.04, -69.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.62, 84.19, 304.79°)
OKLab	oklab(47.44% 0.0479 -0.1991)
OKLCH	oklch(47.44% 0.205 283.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.7843, 9.3321, 55.6019)
Luminance	0.0933 (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

#553CC8 #AFC83C

analogous

#3C69C8 #553CC8 #9B3CC8

triadic

#553CC8 #C8553C #3CC855

tetradic

#553CC8 #C83C69 #AFC83C #3CC89B

square

#553CC8 #C83C69 #AFC83C #3CC89B

split-complementary

#553CC8 #C89B3C #69C83C

monochromatic

#2C1E6B #402C9B #553CC8 #7F6CD5 #A89BE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.33

#553CC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.87

#553CC8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #553CC8

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##553CC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##553CC8	1.00	7.33	2.87	7.33
#FFFFFF	7.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005ACC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0051C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#15617E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #553cc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 60, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.4% 0.205 283.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9174da',
    500: '#553cc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #553cc8;
$custom-light: #9174da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#553cc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.714,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47443,
    "c": 0.20475,
    "h": 283.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#553CC8

secondary

#C4CF91

accent

#DF49C4

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #553CC8

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

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