#553DA2#553DA2

#553DA2 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.156 H 289.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#553DA2
RGB	rgb(85, 61, 162)
HSL	hsl(254, 45%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(254, 62%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 62.3%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.73, 36.04, -51.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.73, 62.74, 305.06°)
OKLab	oklab(44.39% 0.0518 -0.1468)
OKLCH	oklch(44.39% 0.156 289.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.9348, 7.8770, 35.0670)
Luminance	0.0788 (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

#553DA2 #8AA23D

analogous

#3D57A2 #553DA2 #873DA2

triadic

#553DA2 #A2553D #3DA255

tetradic

#553DA2 #A23D57 #8AA23D #3DA287

square

#553DA2 #A23D57 #8AA23D #3DA287

split-complementary

#553DA2 #A2873D #57A23D

monochromatic

#261C49 #3E2C76 #553DA2 #735BC1 #9987D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.15

#553DA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#553DA2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #553DA2

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##553DA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##553DA2	1.00	8.15	2.58	8.15
#FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C5469

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #553da2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 61, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.156 289.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b74be',
    500: '#553da2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #553da2;
$custom-light: #8b74be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#553da2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.257,
    "s": 45.291,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44393,
    "c": 0.15572,
    "h": 289.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#553DA2

secondary

#AEBC7E

accent

#D553B6

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#F0EDF7

border

#CBC8D0

text

#0C0812

muted

#7D7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #553DA2

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

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