#5533B3#5533B3

#5533B3 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.190 H 288.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5533B3
RGB	rgb(85, 51, 179)
HSL	hsl(256, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(256, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.5%, 71.5%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.03, 46.69, -62.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.03, 78.14, 306.69°)
OKLab	oklab(44.33% 0.0595 -0.18)
OKLCH	oklch(44.33% 0.19 288.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.0644, 7.5530, 43.4086)
Luminance	0.0755 (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

#5533B3 #91B333

analogous

#3351B3 #5533B3 #9533B3

triadic

#5533B3 #B35533 #33B355

tetradic

#5533B3 #B33351 #91B333 #33B395

square

#5533B3 #B33351 #91B333 #33B395

split-complementary

#5533B3 #B39533 #51B333

monochromatic

#281854 #3E2583 #5533B3 #7555CE #9C84DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.36

#5533B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#5533B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5533B3

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5533B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5533B3	1.00	8.36	2.51	8.36
#FFFFFF	8.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004AB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31556F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5533b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 51, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.190 288.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e6ecb',
    500: '#5533b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5533b3;
$custom-light: #8e6ecb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5533b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.938,
    "s": 55.652,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44325,
    "c": 0.18959,
    "h": 288.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5533B3

secondary

#B2C67C

accent

#DF49B7

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2ECF9

border

#CCC7D2

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5533B3

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

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