#533B99#533B99

#533B99 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.147 H 290.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#533B99
RGB	rgb(83, 59, 153)
HSL	hsl(255, 44%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(255, 61%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.8%, 61.4%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.41, 34.12, -48.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.41, 58.94, 305.38°)
OKLab	oklab(43.17% 0.0519 -0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(43.17% 0.147 290.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.8794, 7.2665, 30.9602)
Luminance	0.0727 (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

#533B99 #81993B

analogous

#3B5299 #533B99 #823B99

triadic

#533B99 #99533B #3B9953

tetradic

#533B99 #993B52 #81993B #3B9982

square

#533B99 #993B52 #81993B #3B9982

split-complementary

#533B99 #99823B #52993B

monochromatic

#231941 #3B2A6D #533B99 #6F54BD #9480CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.56

#533B99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#533B99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #533B99

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##533B99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##533B99	1.00	8.56	2.45	8.56
#FFFFFF	8.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004E9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004A97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E5064

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #533b99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 59, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.147 290.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8972b8',
    500: '#533b99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #533b99;
$custom-light: #8972b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#533b99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.319,
    "s": 44.34,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43171,
    "c": 0.14667,
    "h": 290.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#533B99

secondary

#A8B878

accent

#D454B3

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0811

muted

#7D7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #533B99

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

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