#553D8A#553D8A

#553D8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.123 H 295.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#553D8A
RGB	rgb(85, 61, 138)
HSL	hsl(259, 39%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(259, 56%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.4%, 55.8%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.04, 28.98, -39.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.04, 48.95, 306.30°)
OKLab	oklab(42.62% 0.0522 -0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(42.62% 0.123 295)
XYZ	xyz(10.0013, 7.1036, 24.8840)
Luminance	0.0710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#553D8A #728A3D

analogous

#3D4C8A #553D8A #7C3D8A

triadic

#553D8A #8A553D #3D8A55

tetradic

#553D8A #8A3D4C #728A3D #3D8A7C

square

#553D8A #8A3D4C #728A3D #3D8A7C

split-complementary

#553D8A #8A7C3D #4C8A3D

monochromatic

#211735 #3B2A60 #553D8A #7052B2 #937CC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.67

#553D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#553D8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #553D8A

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##553D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##553D8A	1.00	8.67	2.42	8.67
#FFFFFF	8.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B4C8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#214A88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#484D5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #553d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 61, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.123 295.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8873ad',
    500: '#553d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #553d8a;
$custom-light: #8873ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#553d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.701,
    "s": 38.693,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4262,
    "c": 0.1234,
    "h": 295
  },
  "luminance": 0.07104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#553D8A

secondary

#9DAF74

accent

#CF59AA

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#F0EDF4

border

#CBC8CE

text

#0C0810

muted

#7D7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #553D8A

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

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