#553ED5#553ED5

#553ED5 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.218 H 281.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#553ED5
RGBrgb(85, 62, 213)
HSLhsl(249, 64%, 54%)
HSVhsv(249, 71%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(60.1%, 70.9%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LABlab(38.16, 50.86, -74.13)
CIE-LCHlch(38.16, 89.90, 304.45°)
OKLaboklab(48.9% 0.0439 -0.2137)
OKLCHoklch(48.9% 0.218 281.6)
XYZxyz(17.4754, 10.1794, 63.9818)
Luminance0.1018 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#553ED5 #BED53E
analogous
#3E73D5 #553ED5 #A13ED5
triadic
#553ED5 #D5553E #3ED555
tetradic
#553ED5 #D53E73 #BED53E #3ED5A1
square
#553ED5 #D53E73 #BED53E #3ED5A1
split-complementary
#553ED5 #D5A13E #73D53E
monochromatic
#2A1B7D #3B26B0 #553ED5 #8170E0 #AEA3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.92
#553ED5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.04
#553ED5 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #553ED5
6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##553ED5#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##553ED51.006.923.046.92
#FFFFFF6.921.0021.001.00
#0000003.0421.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.921.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#005FD9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#0054D2
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#006785
Achromatopsia (no color)
#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #553ed5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 62, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.218 281.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9376e3',
    500: '#553ed5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #553ed5;
$custom-light: #9376e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#553ed5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.139,
    "s": 64.255,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48899,
    "c": 0.21816,
    "h": 281.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#553ED5
secondary
#CED897
accent
#E741CE
background
#F9F7FE
surface
#F2EDFC
border
#CCC8D5
text
#0E0916
muted
#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #553ED5

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#553ED5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva