#533E9D#533E9D

#533E9D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.148 H 289.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#533E9D
RGB	rgb(83, 62, 157)
HSL	hsl(253, 43%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(253, 61%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 60.5%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.39, 33.51, -48.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.39, 59.27, 304.43°)
OKLab	oklab(43.98% 0.0482 -0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(43.98% 0.148 289)
XYZ	xyz(11.3740, 7.7181, 32.7822)
Luminance	0.0772 (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

#533E9D #889D3E

analogous

#3E589D #533E9D #823E9D

triadic

#533E9D #9D533E #3E9D53

tetradic

#533E9D #9D3E58 #889D3E #3E9D82

square

#533E9D #9D3E58 #889D3E #3E9D82

split-complementary

#533E9D #9D823E #589D3E

monochromatic

#251B45 #3C2D71 #533E9D #705ABE #9686CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.26

#533E9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#533E9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #533E9D

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##533E9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##533E9D	1.00	8.26	2.54	8.26
#FFFFFF	8.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004C9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C5467

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #533e9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 62, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.148 289.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8974bb',
    500: '#533e9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #533e9d;
$custom-light: #8974bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#533e9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.263,
    "s": 43.379,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43983,
    "c": 0.14774,
    "h": 289
  },
  "luminance": 0.07719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#533E9D

secondary

#ACBA7D

accent

#D355B7

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#F0EDF6

border

#CBC8D0

text

#0C0812

muted

#7D7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #533E9D

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

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