#533E56#533E56

#533E56 is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.048 H 322.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#533E56
RGB	rgb(83, 62, 86)
HSL	hsl(293, 16%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(293, 28%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 27.9%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.30, 14.01, -10.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.30, 17.73, 322.21°)
OKLab	oklab(39.6% 0.0379 -0.0294)
OKLCH	oklch(39.6% 0.048 322.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.9694, 5.9563, 9.5848)
Luminance	0.0596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#533E56 #41563E

analogous

#473E56 #533E56 #563E4D

triadic

#533E56 #56533E #3E5653

tetradic

#533E56 #56473E #41563E #3E4D56

square

#533E56 #56473E #41563E #3E4D56

split-complementary

#533E56 #4D563E #3E5647

monochromatic

#110D12 #312432 #533E56 #75587A #96749B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.58

#533E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#533E56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #533E56

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##533E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##533E56	1.00	9.58	2.19	9.58
#FFFFFF	9.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C4457

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#404655

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#544046

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #533e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 62, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.048 322.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#837385',
    500: '#533e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #533e56;
$custom-light: #837385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#533e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.5,
    "s": 16.216,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39602,
    "c": 0.04796,
    "h": 322.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#533E56

secondary

#6E866A

accent

#B96F78

background

#F8F7F8

surface

#EFEDEF

border

#CAC8CA

text

#0A080B

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #533E56

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

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