#533BA9#533BA9

#533BA9 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.168 H 287.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#533BA9
RGB	rgb(83, 59, 169)
HSL	hsl(253, 48%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(253, 65%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 65.1%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.63, 38.93, -55.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.63, 67.98, 304.93°)
OKLab	oklab(44.45% 0.0506 -0.1598)
OKLCH	oklch(44.45% 0.168 287.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.2906, 7.8309, 38.3923)
Luminance	0.0783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 2.80

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#533BA9 #91A93B

analogous

#3B5AA9 #533BA9 #8A3BA9

triadic

#533BA9 #A9533B #3BA953

tetradic

#533BA9 #A93B5A #91A93B #3BA98A

square

#533BA9 #A93B5A #91A93B #3BA98A

split-complementary

#533BA9 #A98A3B #5AA93B

monochromatic

#261B4E #3D2B7C #533BA9 #735BC6 #9A89D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.18

#533BA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#533BA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #533BA9

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##533BA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##533BA9	1.00	8.18	2.57	8.18
#FFFFFF	8.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#34566C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #533ba9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 59, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.168 287.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b72c3',
    500: '#533ba9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #533ba9;
$custom-light: #8b72c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#533ba9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.091,
    "s": 48.246,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44446,
    "c": 0.16758,
    "h": 287.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#533BA9

secondary

#B2C080

accent

#D850BA

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#F0EDF8

border

#CBC8D1

text

#0D0813

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #533BA9

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

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