#5533B1#5533B1

#5533B1 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.187 H 288.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5533B1
RGB	rgb(85, 51, 177)
HSL	hsl(256, 55%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(256, 71%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(52%, 71.2%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.86, 46.11, -61.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.86, 77.07, 306.75°)
OKLab	oklab(44.15% 0.0599 -0.1774)
OKLCH	oklch(44.15% 0.187 288.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.8636, 7.4727, 42.3510)
Luminance	0.0747 (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

#5533B1 #8FB133

analogous

#3350B1 #5533B1 #9433B1

triadic

#5533B1 #B15533 #33B155

tetradic

#5533B1 #B13350 #8FB133 #33B194

square

#5533B1 #B13350 #8FB133 #33B194

split-complementary

#5533B1 #B19433 #50B133

monochromatic

#271852 #3E2581 #5533B1 #7554CE #9B83DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.42

#5533B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#5533B1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5533B1

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5533B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5533B1	1.00	8.42	2.49	8.42
#FFFFFF	8.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004AAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#33546E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5533b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 51, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.187 288.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e6ec9',
    500: '#5533b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5533b1;
$custom-light: #8e6ec9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5533b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.19,
    "s": 55.263,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44147,
    "c": 0.18721,
    "h": 288.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5533B1

secondary

#B1C57B

accent

#DF49B6

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5533B1

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

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