#553EA4#553EA4

#553EA4 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.157 H 288.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#553EA4
RGBrgb(85, 62, 164)
HSLhsl(254, 45%, 44%)
HSVhsv(254, 62%, 64%)
CMYKcmyk(48.2%, 62.2%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LABlab(34.10, 36.05, -51.95)
CIE-LCHlch(34.10, 63.24, 304.76°)
OKLaboklab(44.71% 0.0506 -0.1486)
OKLCHoklch(44.71% 0.157 288.8)
XYZxyz(12.1679, 8.0564, 36.0287)
Luminance0.0806 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#553EA4 #8DA43E
analogous
#3E5AA4 #553EA4 #883EA4
triadic
#553EA4 #A4553E #3EA455
tetradic
#553EA4 #A43E5A #8DA43E #3EA488
square
#553EA4 #A43E5A #8DA43E #3EA488
split-complementary
#553EA4 #A4883E #5AA43E
monochromatic
#271C4B #3E2D78 #553EA4 #745DC2 #9A8AD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.04
#553EA4 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.61
#553EA4 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #553EA4
8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##553EA4#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##553EA41.008.042.618.04
#FFFFFF8.041.0021.001.00
#0000002.6121.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF8.041.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#0052A7
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#004EA2
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#3B566B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #553ea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 62, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.157 288.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b74c0',
    500: '#553ea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #553ea4;
$custom-light: #8b74c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#553ea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.529,
    "s": 45.133,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44714,
    "c": 0.15696,
    "h": 288.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#553EA4
secondary
#B0BD81
accent
#D553B8
background
#F8F7FB
surface
#F0EDF7
border
#CBC8D0
text
#0D0812
muted
#7D7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #553EA4

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#553EA4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva