#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
RGB	rgb(85, 62, 164)
HSL	hsl(254, 45%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(254, 62%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 62.2%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.10, 36.05, -51.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.10, 63.24, 304.76°)
OKLab	oklab(44.71% 0.0506 -0.1486)
OKLCH	oklch(44.71% 0.157 288.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.1679, 8.0564, 36.0287)
Luminance	0.0806 (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

#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
##553EA4	1.00	8.04	2.61	8.04
#FFFFFF	8.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

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

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