#5533AA#5533AA

#5533AA is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.179 H 290.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5533AA
RGB	rgb(85, 51, 170)
HSL	hsl(257, 54%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(257, 70%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 70%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.26, 44.09, -58.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.26, 73.30, 306.98°)
OKLab	oklab(43.53% 0.0612 -0.168)
OKLCH	oklch(43.53% 0.179 290)
XYZ	xyz(12.1838, 7.2007, 38.7703)
Luminance	0.0720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 4.48

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5533AA #88AA33

analogous

#334CAA #5533AA #9033AA

triadic

#5533AA #AA5533 #33AA55

tetradic

#5533AA #AA334C #88AA33 #33AA90

square

#5533AA #AA334C #88AA33 #33AA90

split-complementary

#5533AA #AA9033 #4CAA33

monochromatic

#26174C #3D257B #5533AA #7350CA #987FD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.61

#5533AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#5533AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5533AA

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5533AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5533AA	1.00	8.61	2.44	8.61
#FFFFFF	8.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#38516A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5533aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 51, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.179 290.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d6dc4',
    500: '#5533aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5533aa;
$custom-light: #8d6dc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5533aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.143,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43534,
    "c": 0.17878,
    "h": 290
  },
  "luminance": 0.07201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5533AA

secondary

#ACC277

accent

#DD4BB3

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5533AA

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

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