#553D72#553D72

#553D72 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.090 H 303.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#553D72
RGB	rgb(85, 61, 114)
HSL	hsl(267, 30%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(267, 46%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 46.5%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.60, 22.30, -26.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.60, 34.83, 309.81°)
OKLab	oklab(41.08% 0.0496 -0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(41.08% 0.09 303.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.4517, 6.4837, 16.7226)
Luminance	0.0648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#553D72 #5A723D

analogous

#3D4072 #553D72 #703D72

triadic

#553D72 #72553D #3D7255

tetradic

#553D72 #723D40 #5A723D #3D7270

square

#553D72 #723D40 #5A723D #3D7270

split-complementary

#553D72 #72703D #40723D

monochromatic

#1A1222 #37284A #553D72 #73529A #9275B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.14

#553D72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#553D72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #553D72

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##553D72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##553D72	1.00	9.14	2.30	9.14
#FFFFFF	9.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F4774

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#354871

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#504652

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #553d72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 61, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.090 303.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86739b',
    500: '#553d72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #553d72;
$custom-light: #86739b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#553d72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.17,
    "s": 30.286,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41079,
    "c": 0.08972,
    "h": 303.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#553D72

secondary

#889F6C

accent

#C76199

background

#F8F7F9

surface

#EFEDF2

border

#CAC8CC

text

#0B080E

muted

#7C7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #553D72

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

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