#553ECE#553ECE

#553ECE is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.210 H 282.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#553ECE
RGB	rgb(85, 62, 206)
HSL	hsl(250, 60%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(250, 70%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 69.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.54, 48.75, -71.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.54, 86.22, 304.43°)
OKLab	oklab(48.26% 0.0452 -0.2048)
OKLCH	oklch(48.26% 0.21 282.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.6061, 9.8317, 59.4032)
Luminance	0.0983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.22

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#553ECE #B7CE3E

analogous

#3E6FCE #553ECE #9D3ECE

triadic

#553ECE #CE553E #3ECE55

tetradic

#553ECE #CE3E6F #B7CE3E #3ECE9D

square

#553ECE #CE3E6F #B7CE3E #3ECE9D

split-complementary

#553ECE #CE9D3E #6FCE3E

monochromatic

#2B1D74 #3E2AA5 #553ECE #806FDA #ABA0E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.08

#553ECE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.97

#553ECE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #553ECE

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##553ECE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##553ECE	1.00	7.08	2.97	7.08
#FFFFFF	7.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0053CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006581

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #553ece;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 62, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.210 282.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9275de',
    500: '#553ece',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #553ece;
$custom-light: #9275de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#553ece",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.583,
    "s": 59.504,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48263,
    "c": 0.20978,
    "h": 282.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#553ECE

secondary

#C9D395

accent

#E345CA

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #553ECE

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

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