#33159E#33159E

#33159E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.197 H 279.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#33159E
RGB	rgb(51, 21, 158)
HSL	hsl(253, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(253, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 86.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.68, 50.58, -67.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.68, 84.08, 306.98°)
OKLab	oklab(35.66% 0.0331 -0.1939)
OKLCH	oklch(35.66% 0.197 279.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.8030, 3.7081, 32.6457)
Luminance	0.0371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#33159E #809E15

analogous

#153B9E #33159E #78159E

triadic

#33159E #9E3315 #159E33

tetradic

#33159E #9E153B #809E15 #159E78

square

#33159E #9E153B #809E15 #159E78

split-complementary

#33159E #9E7815 #3B9E15

monochromatic

#100732 #220E68 #33159E #441CD4 #6A47E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.06

#33159E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#33159E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #33159E

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##33159E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##33159E	1.00	12.06	1.74	12.06
#FFFFFF	12.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003BA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00319C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00425D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #33159e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 21, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.197 279.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b5abc',
    500: '#33159e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #33159e;
$custom-light: #7b5abc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#33159e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.139,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35664,
    "c": 0.19668,
    "h": 279.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#33159E

secondary

#ABC747

accent

#F335C9

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFE9F7

border

#CAC5D0

text

#0B0412

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #33159E

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

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