#533C9F#533C9F

#533C9F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.153 H 289.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#533C9F
RGB	rgb(83, 60, 159)
HSL	hsl(254, 45%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(254, 62%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.8%, 62.3%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.08, 35.32, -50.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.08, 61.71, 304.91°)
OKLab	oklab(43.8% 0.0504 -0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(43.8% 0.153 289.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.4394, 7.5735, 33.6533)
Luminance	0.0757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#533C9F #889F3C

analogous

#3C579F #533C9F #843C9F

triadic

#533C9F #9F533C #3C9F53

tetradic

#533C9F #9F3C57 #889F3C #3C9F84

square

#533C9F #9F3C57 #889F3C #3C9F84

split-complementary

#533C9F #9F843C #579F3C

monochromatic

#251A46 #3C2B73 #533C9F #7058C0 #9685D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.35

#533C9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#533C9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #533C9F

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##533C9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##533C9F	1.00	8.35	2.51	8.35
#FFFFFF	8.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004B9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B5367

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #533c9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 60, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.153 289.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8973bc',
    500: '#533c9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #533c9f;
$custom-light: #8973bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#533c9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.939,
    "s": 45.205,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43803,
    "c": 0.15322,
    "h": 289.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#533C9F

secondary

#ACBB7C

accent

#D553B7

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#F0EDF6

border

#CBC8D0

text

#0C0812

muted

#7D7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #533C9F

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

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