#533E55#533E55

#533E55 is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.047 H 323.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#533E55
RGB	rgb(83, 62, 85)
HSL	hsl(295, 16%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(295, 27%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 27.1%, 0%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.26, 13.78, -10.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.26, 17.19, 323.30°)
OKLab	oklab(39.56% 0.0375 -0.0278)
OKLCH	oklch(39.56% 0.047 323.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.9294, 5.9403, 9.3741)
Luminance	0.0594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#533E55 #40553E

analogous

#483E55 #533E55 #553E4C

triadic

#533E55 #55533E #3E5553

tetradic

#533E55 #55483E #40553E #3E4C55

square

#533E55 #55483E #40553E #3E4C55

split-complementary

#533E55 #4C553E #3E5548

monochromatic

#110D12 #302432 #533E55 #765878 #96749A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.60

#533E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#533E55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #533E55

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##533E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##533E55	1.00	9.60	2.19	9.60
#FFFFFF	9.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C4356

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#414654

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#544046

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #533e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 62, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.047 323.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#837385',
    500: '#533e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #533e55;
$custom-light: #837385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#533e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.783,
    "s": 15.646,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39557,
    "c": 0.04669,
    "h": 323.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#533E55

secondary

#6D846A

accent

#B86F76

background

#F8F7F8

surface

#EFEDEF

border

#CAC8CA

text

#0A080B

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #533E55

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

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