#533B8A#533B8A

#533B8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.126 H 294.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#533B8A
RGB	rgb(83, 59, 138)
HSL	hsl(258, 40%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(258, 57%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.9%, 57.2%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.35, 29.70, -40.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.35, 50.28, 306.21°)
OKLab	oklab(42.06% 0.0521 -0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(42.06% 0.126 294.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.7175, 6.8017, 24.8407)
Luminance	0.0680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#533B8A #728A3B

analogous

#3B4A8A #533B8A #7A3B8A

triadic

#533B8A #8A533B #3B8A53

tetradic

#533B8A #8A3B4A #728A3B #3B8A7A

square

#533B8A #8A3B4A #728A3B #3B8A7A

split-complementary

#533B8A #8A7A3B #4A8A3B

monochromatic

#1F1634 #39295F #533B8A #6D4FB4 #9179C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.90

#533B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#533B8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #533B8A

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##533B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##533B8A	1.00	8.90	2.36	8.90
#FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#144B8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C4888

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#454C5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #533b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 59, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.126 294.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8772ad',
    500: '#533b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #533b8a;
$custom-light: #8772ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#533b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.228,
    "s": 40.102,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4206,
    "c": 0.1264,
    "h": 294.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#533B8A

secondary

#9DAF71

accent

#D058AB

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0ECF4

border

#CBC7CE

text

#0C0810

muted

#7D7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #533B8A

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

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