#533C8A#533C8A

#533C8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.125 H 294.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#533C8A
RGB	rgb(83, 60, 138)
HSL	hsl(258, 39%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(258, 57%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.9%, 56.5%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.59, 29.08, -40.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.59, 49.60, 305.89°)
OKLab	oklab(42.24% 0.0508 -0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(42.24% 0.125 294)
XYZ	xyz(9.7694, 6.9055, 24.8580)
Luminance	0.0691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#533C8A #738A3C

analogous

#3C4C8A #533C8A #7A3C8A

triadic

#533C8A #8A533C #3C8A53

tetradic

#533C8A #8A3C4C #738A3C #3C8A7A

square

#533C8A #8A3C4C #738A3C #3C8A7A

split-complementary

#533C8A #8A7A3C #4C8A3C

monochromatic

#201735 #39295F #533C8A #6D50B3 #917BC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.82

#533C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#533C8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #533C8A

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##533C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##533C8A	1.00	8.82	2.38	8.82
#FFFFFF	8.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#174B8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E4988

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#454C5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #533c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 60, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.125 294.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8772ad',
    500: '#533c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #533c8a;
$custom-light: #8772ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#533c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.692,
    "s": 39.394,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42237,
    "c": 0.12483,
    "h": 294
  },
  "luminance": 0.06906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#533C8A

secondary

#9DAF73

accent

#CF59AC

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0ECF4

border

#CBC7CE

text

#0C0810

muted

#7D7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #533C8A

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

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