#553F8A#553F8A

#553F8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.120 H 294.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#553F8A
RGB	rgb(85, 63, 138)
HSL	hsl(258, 37%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(258, 54%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.4%, 54.3%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.53, 27.74, -38.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.53, 47.59, 305.65°)
OKLab	oklab(42.98% 0.0495 -0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(42.98% 0.12 294.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.1101, 7.3211, 24.9203)
Luminance	0.0732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#553F8A #748A3F

analogous

#3F4F8A #553F8A #7B3F8A

triadic

#553F8A #8A553F #3F8A55

tetradic

#553F8A #8A3F4F #748A3F #3F8A7B

square

#553F8A #8A3F4F #748A3F #3F8A7B

split-complementary

#553F8A #8A7B3F #4F8A3F

monochromatic

#211936 #3B2C60 #553F8A #7055B1 #937FC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.52

#553F8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#553F8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #553F8A

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##553F8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##553F8A	1.00	8.52	2.46	8.52
#FFFFFF	8.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#204D8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#254B88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#484E5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #553f8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 63, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.120 294.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8874ad',
    500: '#553f8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #553f8a;
$custom-light: #8874ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#553f8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.6,
    "s": 37.313,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4298,
    "c": 0.12021,
    "h": 294.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#553F8A

secondary

#9EAF76

accent

#CD5BAC

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#F0EDF4

border

#CBC8CE

text

#0C0810

muted

#7D7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #553F8A

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

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