#5533AD#5533AD

#5533AD is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.182 H 289.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5533AD
RGB	rgb(85, 51, 173)
HSL	hsl(257, 54%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(257, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 70.5%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.51, 44.96, -59.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.51, 74.92, 306.88°)
OKLab	oklab(43.8% 0.0607 -0.172)
OKLCH	oklch(43.8% 0.182 289.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.4708, 7.3155, 40.2820)
Luminance	0.0732 (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

#5533AD #8BAD33

analogous

#334EAD #5533AD #9233AD

triadic

#5533AD #AD5533 #33AD55

tetradic

#5533AD #AD334E #8BAD33 #33AD92

square

#5533AD #AD334E #8BAD33 #33AD92

split-complementary

#5533AD #AD9233 #4EAD33

monochromatic

#27174E #3E257E #5533AD #7451CC #9981DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.53

#5533AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#5533AD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5533AD

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5533AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5533AD	1.00	8.53	2.46	8.53
#FFFFFF	8.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36526C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5533ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 51, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.182 289.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d6dc6',
    500: '#5533ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5533ad;
$custom-light: #8d6dc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5533ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.721,
    "s": 54.464,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43795,
    "c": 0.18241,
    "h": 289.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5533AD

secondary

#AEC379

accent

#DE4AB5

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5533AD

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

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