#533C8B#533C8B

#533C8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.126 H 293.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#533C8B
RGB	rgb(83, 60, 139)
HSL	hsl(257, 40%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(257, 57%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 56.8%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.66, 29.37, -40.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.66, 50.19, 305.82°)
OKLab	oklab(42.31% 0.0508 -0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(42.31% 0.126 293.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.8421, 6.9346, 25.2410)
Luminance	0.0693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#533C8B #748B3C

analogous

#3C4D8B #533C8B #7B3C8B

triadic

#533C8B #8B533C #3C8B53

tetradic

#533C8B #8B3C4D #748B3C #3C8B7B

square

#533C8B #8B3C4D #748B3C #3C8B7B

split-complementary

#533C8B #8B7B3C #4D8B3C

monochromatic

#201736 #392A60 #533C8B #6D51B4 #917BC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.80

#533C8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#533C8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #533C8B

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##533C8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##533C8B	1.00	8.80	2.39	8.80
#FFFFFF	8.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#164B8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C4989

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#454D5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #533c8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 60, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.126 293.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8772ad',
    500: '#533c8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #533c8b;
$custom-light: #8772ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#533c8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.468,
    "s": 39.698,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42308,
    "c": 0.12622,
    "h": 293.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#533C8B

secondary

#9EB073

accent

#D058AD

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0ECF4

border

#CBC7CE

text

#0C0810

muted

#7D7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #533C8B

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

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