#533AAD#533AAD

#533AAD is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.174 H 287.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#533AAD
RGB	rgb(83, 58, 173)
HSL	hsl(253, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(253, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(52%, 66.5%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.74, 40.71, -57.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.74, 70.82, 305.09°)
OKLab	oklab(44.62% 0.0511 -0.1663)
OKLCH	oklch(44.62% 0.174 287.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.6209, 7.8816, 40.3833)
Luminance	0.0788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 2.65

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#533AAD #94AD3A

analogous

#3A5BAD #533AAD #8C3AAD

triadic

#533AAD #AD533A #3AAD53

tetradic

#533AAD #AD3A5B #94AD3A #3AAD8C

square

#533AAD #AD3A5B #94AD3A #3AAD8C

split-complementary

#533AAD #AD8C3A #5BAD3A

monochromatic

#271B51 #3D2B7F #533AAD #735CC8 #9B8AD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.15

#533AAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#533AAD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #533AAD

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##533AAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##533AAD	1.00	8.15	2.58	8.15
#FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31576E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #533aad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 58, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.174 287.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c72c6',
    500: '#533aad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #533aad;
$custom-light: #8c72c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#533aad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.043,
    "s": 49.784,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44623,
    "c": 0.17396,
    "h": 287.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#533AAD

secondary

#B4C281

accent

#D94EBB

background

#F9F7FC

surface

#F1EDF8

border

#CBC8D1

text

#0D0813

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #533AAD

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

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