#553D80#553D80

#553D80 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.109 H 298.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#553D80
RGB	rgb(85, 61, 128)
HSL	hsl(261, 35%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(261, 52%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 52.3%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.41, 26.13, -34.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.41, 43.09, 307.34°)
OKLab	oklab(41.95% 0.0515 -0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(41.95% 0.109 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.3104, 6.8272, 21.2452)
Luminance	0.0683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#553D80 #68803D

analogous

#3D4680 #553D80 #773D80

triadic

#553D80 #80553D #3D8055

tetradic

#553D80 #803D46 #68803D #3D8077

square

#553D80 #803D46 #68803D #3D8077

split-complementary

#553D80 #80773D #46803D

monochromatic

#1E152D #392957 #553D80 #7151A9 #9278BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.88

#553D80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#553D80 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #553D80

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##553D80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##553D80	1.00	8.88	2.37	8.88
#FFFFFF	8.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#254A82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B497E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C4A58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #553d80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 61, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.109 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8773a5',
    500: '#553d80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #553d80;
$custom-light: #8773a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#553d80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.493,
    "s": 35.45,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41947,
    "c": 0.10949,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#553D80

secondary

#94A970

accent

#CB5CA4

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#F0EDF4

border

#CBC8CE

text

#0B080F

muted

#7C7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #553D80

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

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