#533D9B#533D9B

#533D9B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.146 H 289.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#533D9B
RGB	rgb(83, 61, 155)
HSL	hsl(254, 44%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(254, 61%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 60.6%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.01, 33.51, -48.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.01, 58.78, 304.76°)
OKLab	oklab(43.66% 0.0494 -0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(43.66% 0.146 289.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.1507, 7.5426, 31.8723)
Luminance	0.0754 (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

#533D9B #859B3D

analogous

#3D569B #533D9B #823D9B

triadic

#533D9B #9B533D #3D9B53

tetradic

#533D9B #9B3D56 #859B3D #3D9B82

square

#533D9B #9B3D56 #859B3D #3D9B82

split-complementary

#533D9B #9B823D #569B3D

monochromatic

#241A43 #3B2C6F #533D9B #7058BD #9584CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.37

#533D9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#533D9B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #533D9B

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##533D9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##533D9B	1.00	8.37	2.51	8.37
#FFFFFF	8.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004F9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004B99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D5266

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #533d9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 61, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.146 289.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8973b9',
    500: '#533d9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #533d9b;
$custom-light: #8973b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#533d9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.043,
    "s": 43.519,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43661,
    "c": 0.14648,
    "h": 289.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#533D9B

secondary

#AAB97B

accent

#D355B6

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#F0EDF6

border

#CBC8D0

text

#0C0811

muted

#7D7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #533D9B

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

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