#5533BB#5533BB

#5533BB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 45.0% C 0.199 H 286.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5533BB
RGB	rgb(85, 51, 187)
HSL	hsl(255, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(255, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 72.7%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.74, 48.99, -66.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.74, 82.38, 306.49°)
OKLab	oklab(45.05% 0.0578 -0.1905)
OKLCH	oklch(45.05% 0.199 286.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.8971, 7.8861, 47.7940)
Luminance	0.0789 (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

#5533BB #99BB33

analogous

#3355BB #5533BB #9933BB

triadic

#5533BB #BB5533 #33BB55

tetradic

#5533BB #BB3355 #99BB33 #33BB99

square

#5533BB #BB3355 #99BB33 #33BB99

split-complementary

#5533BB #BB9933 #55BB33

monochromatic

#29195B #3F268B #5533BB #7759D2 #9F89DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.15

#5533BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#5533BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5533BB

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5533BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5533BB	1.00	8.15	2.58	8.15
#FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A5874

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5533bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 51, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.0% 0.199 286.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f6ed1',
    500: '#5533bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5533bb;
$custom-light: #8f6ed1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5533bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45047,
    "c": 0.19907,
    "h": 286.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5533BB

secondary

#B7C981

accent

#E047BA

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2ECFA

border

#CCC7D3

text

#0E0714

muted

#7E7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5533BB

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

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