#553ED9#553ED9

#553ED9 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 49.3% C 0.223 H 281.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#553ED9
RGB	rgb(85, 62, 217)
HSL	hsl(249, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(249, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 71.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.52, 52.06, -75.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.52, 91.99, 304.46°)
OKLab	oklab(49.27% 0.0432 -0.2187)
OKLCH	oklch(49.27% 0.223 281.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.9894, 10.3850, 66.6887)
Luminance	0.1039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 2.17

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#553ED9 #C2D93E

analogous

#3E75D9 #553ED9 #A23ED9

triadic

#553ED9 #D9553E #3ED955

tetradic

#553ED9 #D93E75 #C2D93E #3ED9A2

square

#553ED9 #D93E75 #C2D93E #3ED9A2

split-complementary

#553ED9 #D9A23E #75D93E

monochromatic

#291A83 #3A24B6 #553ED9 #8271E3 #AFA4ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.82

#553ED9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.08

#553ED9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #553ED9

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##553ED9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##553ED9	1.00	6.82	3.08	6.82
#FFFFFF	6.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0060DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0055D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006988

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #553ed9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 62, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.3% 0.223 281.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9476e6',
    500: '#553ed9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #553ed9;
$custom-light: #9476e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#553ed9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.903,
    "s": 67.1,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49266,
    "c": 0.2229,
    "h": 281.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#553ED9

secondary

#D0DA99

accent

#EA3ED0

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFD

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0F0916

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #553ED9

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

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