#533D8A#533D8A

#533D8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.123 H 293.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#533D8A
RGB	rgb(83, 61, 138)
HSL	hsl(257, 39%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(257, 56%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.9%, 55.8%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.83, 28.46, -39.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.83, 48.93, 305.57°)
OKLab	oklab(42.42% 0.0494 -0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(42.42% 0.123 293.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.8223, 7.0112, 24.8756)
Luminance	0.0701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#533D8A #748A3D

analogous

#3D4E8A #533D8A #7A3D8A

triadic

#533D8A #8A533D #3D8A53

tetradic

#533D8A #8A3D4E #748A3D #3D8A7A

square

#533D8A #8A3D4E #748A3D #3D8A7A

split-complementary

#533D8A #8A7A3D #4E8A3D

monochromatic

#201735 #392A60 #533D8A #6D52B2 #917CC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.74

#533D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#533D8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #533D8A

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##533D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##533D8A	1.00	8.74	2.40	8.74
#FFFFFF	8.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A4C8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F4A88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#454D5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #533d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 61, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.123 293.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8773ad',
    500: '#533d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #533d8a;
$custom-light: #8773ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#533d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.143,
    "s": 38.693,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42416,
    "c": 0.12326,
    "h": 293.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#533D8A

secondary

#9EAF74

accent

#CF59AD

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#F0EDF4

border

#CBC8CE

text

#0C0810

muted

#7D7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #533D8A

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

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