#553DA3#553DA3

#553DA3 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.157 H 289.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#553DA3
RGB	rgb(85, 61, 163)
HSL	hsl(254, 46%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(254, 63%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.9%, 62.6%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.80, 36.34, -51.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.80, 63.31, 305.03°)
OKLab	oklab(44.47% 0.0518 -0.1482)
OKLCH	oklch(44.47% 0.157 289.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.0240, 7.9126, 35.5370)
Luminance	0.0791 (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

#553DA3 #8BA33D

analogous

#3D58A3 #553DA3 #883DA3

triadic

#553DA3 #A3553D #3DA355

tetradic

#553DA3 #A33D58 #8BA33D #3DA388

square

#553DA3 #A33D58 #8BA33D #3DA388

split-complementary

#553DA3 #A3883D #58A33D

monochromatic

#271C4A #3E2C76 #553DA3 #745BC2 #9988D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.13

#553DA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#553DA3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #553DA3

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##553DA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##553DA3	1.00	8.13	2.58	8.13
#FFFFFF	8.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C556A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #553da3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 61, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.157 289.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b74bf',
    500: '#553da3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #553da3;
$custom-light: #8b74bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#553da3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.118,
    "s": 45.536,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44472,
    "c": 0.15703,
    "h": 289.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#553DA3

secondary

#AEBD7F

accent

#D553B6

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#F0EDF7

border

#CBC8D0

text

#0C0812

muted

#7D7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #553DA3

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

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