#5533B5#5533B5

#5533B5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.192 H 287.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5533B5
RGB	rgb(85, 51, 181)
HSL	hsl(256, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(256, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(53%, 71.8%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.21, 47.26, -63.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.21, 79.20, 306.64°)
OKLab	oklab(44.5% 0.0591 -0.1827)
OKLCH	oklch(44.5% 0.192 287.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.2682, 7.6345, 44.4816)
Luminance	0.0764 (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

#5533B5 #93B533

analogous

#3352B5 #5533B5 #9633B5

triadic

#5533B5 #B55533 #33B555

tetradic

#5533B5 #B53352 #93B533 #33B596

square

#5533B5 #B53352 #93B533 #33B596

split-complementary

#5533B5 #B59633 #52B533

monochromatic

#281856 #3F2685 #5533B5 #7656CF #9C86DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.31

#5533B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#5533B5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5533B5

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5533B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5533B5	1.00	8.31	2.53	8.31
#FFFFFF	8.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F5571

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5533b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 51, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.192 287.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e6ecc',
    500: '#5533b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5533b5;
$custom-light: #8e6ecc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5533b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.692,
    "s": 56.034,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44504,
    "c": 0.19198,
    "h": 287.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5533B5

secondary

#B3C67D

accent

#DF48B8

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2ECF9

border

#CCC7D2

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5533B5

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

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