#533BAE#533BAE

#533BAE is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.174 H 286.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#533BAE
RGB	rgb(83, 59, 174)
HSL	hsl(253, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(253, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.3%, 66.1%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.03, 40.44, -58.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.03, 70.76, 304.85°)
OKLab	oklab(44.86% 0.05 -0.1666)
OKLCH	oklch(44.86% 0.174 286.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.7690, 8.0223, 40.9118)
Luminance	0.0802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 2.36

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#533BAE #96AE3B

analogous

#3B5CAE #533BAE #8C3BAE

triadic

#533BAE #AE533B #3BAE53

tetradic

#533BAE #AE3B5C #96AE3B #3BAE8C

square

#533BAE #AE3B5C #96AE3B #3BAE8C

split-complementary

#533BAE #AE8C3B #5CAE3B

monochromatic

#271C53 #3D2C80 #533BAE #745EC8 #9B8CD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.06

#533BAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.60

#533BAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #533BAE

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##533BAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##533BAE	1.00	8.06	2.60	8.06
#FFFFFF	8.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30576F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #533bae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 59, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.174 286.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c72c7',
    500: '#533bae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #533bae;
$custom-light: #8c72c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#533bae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.522,
    "s": 49.356,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44861,
    "c": 0.17397,
    "h": 286.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#533BAE

secondary

#B5C282

accent

#D94FBC

background

#F9F7FC

surface

#F1EDF8

border

#CBC8D1

text

#0D0813

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #533BAE

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

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