#533C8F#533C8F

#533C8F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.132 H 292.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#533C8F
RGB	rgb(83, 60, 143)
HSL	hsl(257, 41%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(257, 58%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 58%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.93, 30.55, -42.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.93, 52.52, 305.57°)
OKLab	oklab(42.6% 0.0509 -0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(42.6% 0.132 292.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.1397, 7.0536, 26.8085)
Luminance	0.0705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 8.56

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#533C8F #788F3C

analogous

#3C4E8F #533C8F #7D3C8F

triadic

#533C8F #8F533C #3C8F53

tetradic

#533C8F #8F3C4E #788F3C #3C8F7D

square

#533C8F #8F3C4E #788F3C #3C8F7D

split-complementary

#533C8F #8F7D3C #4E8F3C

monochromatic

#211839 #3A2A64 #533C8F #6E52B6 #927DC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.71

#533C8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#533C8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #533C8F

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##533C8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##533C8F	1.00	8.71	2.41	8.71
#FFFFFF	8.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0E4C92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#164A8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#434E5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #533c8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 60, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.132 292.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8772b0',
    500: '#533c8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #533c8f;
$custom-light: #8772b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#533c8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.627,
    "s": 40.887,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42595,
    "c": 0.13171,
    "h": 292.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#533C8F

secondary

#A1B275

accent

#D157AF

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#F0EDF5

border

#CBC8CF

text

#0C0810

muted

#7D7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #533C8F

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

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