#533E8B#533E8B

#533E8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.123 H 293.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#533E8B
RGB	rgb(83, 62, 139)
HSL	hsl(256, 38%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(256, 55%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 55.4%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.14, 28.13, -39.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.14, 48.83, 305.18°)
OKLab	oklab(42.67% 0.0481 -0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(42.67% 0.123 293)
XYZ	xyz(9.9489, 7.1481, 25.2766)
Luminance	0.0715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#533E8B #768B3E

analogous

#3E508B #533E8B #7A3E8B

triadic

#533E8B #8B533E #3E8B53

tetradic

#533E8B #8B3E50 #768B3E #3E8B7A

square

#533E8B #8B3E50 #768B3E #3E8B7A

split-complementary

#533E8B #8B7A3E #508B3E

monochromatic

#201836 #3A2B61 #533E8B #6E54B3 #917EC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.64

#533E8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#533E8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #533E8B

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##533E8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##533E8B	1.00	8.64	2.43	8.64
#FFFFFF	8.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B4D8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#204A89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#454E5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #533e8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 62, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.123 293.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8774ad',
    500: '#533e8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #533e8b;
$custom-light: #8774ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#533e8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.364,
    "s": 38.308,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42666,
    "c": 0.12307,
    "h": 293
  },
  "luminance": 0.07148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#533E8B

secondary

#A0B075

accent

#CE5AAE

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#F0EDF4

border

#CBC8CE

text

#0C0810

muted

#7D7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #533E8B

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

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