#533E9E#533E9E

#533E9E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.149 H 288.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#533E9E
RGB	rgb(83, 62, 158)
HSL	hsl(253, 44%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(253, 61%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 60.8%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.46, 33.81, -49.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.46, 59.85, 304.40°)
OKLab	oklab(44.06% 0.0481 -0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(44.06% 0.149 288.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.4597, 7.7524, 33.2337)
Luminance	0.0775 (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

#533E9E #899E3E

analogous

#3E599E #533E9E #833E9E

triadic

#533E9E #9E533E #3E9E53

tetradic

#533E9E #9E3E59 #899E3E #3E9E83

square

#533E9E #9E3E59 #899E3E #3E9E83

split-complementary

#533E9E #9E833E #599E3E

monochromatic

#251C46 #3C2D72 #533E9E #715BBF #9787D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.23

#533E9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#533E9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #533E9E

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##533E9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##533E9E	1.00	8.23	2.55	8.23
#FFFFFF	8.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004C9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B5468

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #533e9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 62, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.149 288.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8974bb',
    500: '#533e9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #533e9e;
$custom-light: #8974bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#533e9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.125,
    "s": 43.636,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4406,
    "c": 0.14908,
    "h": 288.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#533E9E

secondary

#ADBA7E

accent

#D354B8

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#F0EDF6

border

#CBC8D0

text

#0C0812

muted

#7D7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #533E9E

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

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