#5533C8#5533C8

#5533C8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 46.3% C 0.214 H 284.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5533C8
RGB	rgb(85, 51, 200)
HSL	hsl(254, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(254, 75%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 74.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.94, 52.73, -71.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.94, 89.16, 306.26°)
OKLab	oklab(46.25% 0.0547 -0.2071)
OKLCH	oklch(46.25% 0.214 284.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.3523, 8.4681, 55.4579)
Luminance	0.0847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.47

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5533C8 #A6C833

analogous

#335CC8 #5533C8 #A033C8

triadic

#5533C8 #C85533 #33C855

tetradic

#5533C8 #C8335C #A6C833 #33C8A0

square

#5533C8 #C8335C #A6C833 #33C8A0

split-complementary

#5533C8 #C8A033 #5CC833

monochromatic

#2C1A66 #402797 #5533C8 #7C61D7 #A592E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.80

#5533C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#5533C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5533C8

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5533C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5533C8	1.00	7.80	2.69	7.80
#FFFFFF	7.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0056CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#165D7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5533c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 51, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.3% 0.214 284.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#916fda',
    500: '#5533c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5533c8;
$custom-light: #916fda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5533c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.691,
    "s": 59.363,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46254,
    "c": 0.21419,
    "h": 284.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5533C8

secondary

#BECE89

accent

#E345BF

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2ECFB

border

#CCC7D4

text

#0E0715

muted

#7E7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5533C8

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

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