#533B9D#533B9D

#533B9D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.152 H 289.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#533B9D
RGB	rgb(83, 59, 157)
HSL	hsl(255, 45%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(255, 62%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 62.4%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.70, 35.32, -50.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.70, 61.22, 305.23°)
OKLab	oklab(43.48% 0.0516 -0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(43.48% 0.152 289.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.2153, 7.4008, 32.7293)
Luminance	0.0740 (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

#533B9D #859D3B

analogous

#3B549D #533B9D #843B9D

triadic

#533B9D #9D533B #3B9D53

tetradic

#533B9D #9D3B54 #859D3B #3B9D84

square

#533B9D #9D3B54 #859D3B #3B9D84

split-complementary

#533B9D #9D843B #549D3B

monochromatic

#241A44 #3B2A71 #533B9D #7056BF #9582D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.47

#533B9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#533B9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #533B9D

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##533B9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##533B9D	1.00	8.47	2.48	8.47
#FFFFFF	8.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004B9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C5266

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #533b9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 59, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.152 289.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8972bb',
    500: '#533b9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #533b9d;
$custom-light: #8972bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#533b9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.694,
    "s": 45.37,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43481,
    "c": 0.15197,
    "h": 289.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#533B9D

secondary

#AABA7A

accent

#D553B5

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0812

muted

#7D7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #533B9D

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

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