#533E8A#533E8A

#533E8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.122 H 293.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#533E8A
RGB	rgb(83, 62, 138)
HSL	hsl(257, 38%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(257, 55%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.9%, 55.1%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.08, 27.84, -39.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.08, 48.25, 305.24°)
OKLab	oklab(42.6% 0.0481 -0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(42.6% 0.122 293.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.8761, 7.1190, 24.8936)
Luminance	0.0712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#533E8A #758A3E

analogous

#3E4F8A #533E8A #793E8A

triadic

#533E8A #8A533E #3E8A53

tetradic

#533E8A #8A3E4F #758A3E #3E8A79

square

#533E8A #8A3E4F #758A3E #3E8A79

split-complementary

#533E8A #8A793E #4F8A3E

monochromatic

#201836 #3A2B60 #533E8A #6D53B2 #917EC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.66

#533E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#533E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #533E8A

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##533E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##533E8A	1.00	8.66	2.42	8.66
#FFFFFF	8.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C4C8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#214A88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#454E5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #533e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 62, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.122 293.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8774ad',
    500: '#533e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #533e8a;
$custom-light: #8774ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#533e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.579,
    "s": 38,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42596,
    "c": 0.12167,
    "h": 293.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#533E8A

secondary

#9FAF75

accent

#CE5AAE

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#F0EDF4

border

#CBC8CE

text

#0B0810

muted

#7C7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #533E8A

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

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