#533A9D#533A9D

#533A9D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.153 H 290.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#533A9D
RGB	rgb(83, 58, 157)
HSL	hsl(255, 46%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(255, 63%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 63.1%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.48, 35.91, -50.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.48, 61.86, 305.49°)
OKLab	oklab(43.32% 0.0528 -0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(43.32% 0.153 290.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.1644, 7.2990, 32.7124)
Luminance	0.0730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#533A9D #849D3A

analogous

#3A529D #533A9D #853A9D

triadic

#533A9D #9D533A #3A9D53

tetradic

#533A9D #9D3A52 #849D3A #3A9D85

square

#533A9D #9D3A52 #849D3A #3A9D85

split-complementary

#533A9D #9D853A #529D3A

monochromatic

#241944 #3B2970 #533A9D #6F54C0 #9581D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.54

#533A9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#533A9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #533A9D

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##533A9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##533A9D	1.00	8.54	2.46	8.54
#FFFFFF	8.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004A9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C5166

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #533a9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 58, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.153 290.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8971bb',
    500: '#533a9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #533a9d;
$custom-light: #8971bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#533a9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.152,
    "s": 46.047,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43318,
    "c": 0.15336,
    "h": 290.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#533A9D

secondary

#AABA79

accent

#D652B4

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0812

muted

#7D7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #533A9D

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

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