#33169E#33169E

#33169E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.196 H 279.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#33169E
RGB	rgb(51, 22, 158)
HSL	hsl(253, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(253, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 86.1%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.81, 50.19, -66.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.81, 83.68, 306.86°)
OKLab	oklab(35.75% 0.0327 -0.1933)
OKLCH	oklch(35.75% 0.196 279.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.8217, 3.7456, 32.6519)
Luminance	0.0375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#33169E #819E16

analogous

#163D9E #33169E #77169E

triadic

#33169E #9E3316 #169E33

tetradic

#33169E #9E163D #819E16 #169E77

square

#33169E #9E163D #819E16 #169E77

split-complementary

#33169E #9E7716 #3D9E16

monochromatic

#100733 #220F68 #33169E #441DD4 #6A49E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.01

#33169E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#33169E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #33169E

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##33169E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##33169E	1.00	12.01	1.75	12.01
#FFFFFF	12.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003BA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00319C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00435D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #33169e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 22, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.196 279.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b5abc',
    500: '#33169e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #33169e;
$custom-light: #7b5abc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#33169e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.794,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35753,
    "c": 0.19602,
    "h": 279.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#33169E

secondary

#ACC749

accent

#F236CA

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFE9F7

border

#CAC5D0

text

#0B0412

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #33169E

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

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