#553E8A#553E8A

#553E8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.122 H 294.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#553E8A
RGB	rgb(85, 62, 138)
HSL	hsl(258, 38%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(258, 55%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.4%, 55.1%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.28, 28.36, -39.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.28, 48.27, 305.98°)
OKLab	oklab(42.8% 0.0508 -0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(42.8% 0.122 294.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.0552, 7.2113, 24.9020)
Luminance	0.0721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#553E8A #738A3E

analogous

#3E4D8A #553E8A #7B3E8A

triadic

#553E8A #8A553E #3E8A55

tetradic

#553E8A #8A3E4D #738A3E #3E8A7B

square

#553E8A #8A3E4D #738A3E #3E8A7B

split-complementary

#553E8A #8A7B3E #4D8A3E

monochromatic

#211836 #3B2B60 #553E8A #7053B2 #937EC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.60

#553E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#553E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #553E8A

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##553E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##553E8A	1.00	8.60	2.44	8.60
#FFFFFF	8.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D4D8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#234B88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#484E5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #553e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 62, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.122 294.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8874ad',
    500: '#553e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #553e8a;
$custom-light: #8874ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#553e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.158,
    "s": 38,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42799,
    "c": 0.1218,
    "h": 294.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#553E8A

secondary

#9DAF75

accent

#CE5AAB

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#F0EDF4

border

#CBC8CE

text

#0C0810

muted

#7D7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #553E8A

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

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