#533a8e

Color #533a8e

A moderately saturated dark blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 5.53 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-900 #312c85 · ΔE 6.6

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Conversions

HEX

#533a8e

RGB

rgb(83, 58, 142)

HSL

hsl(257.9, 42%, 39.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(257.9, 59.2%, 55.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(41.5%, 59.2%, 0%, 44.3%)

LAB

lab(31.39, 31.48, -42.97)

LCH

lch(31.39, 53.27, 306.23)

OKLCH

oklch(42.2%, 0.1334, 293.6)

HWB

hwb(257.9, 22.7%, 44.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#758e3a

Analogous

#3a4b8e

#533a8e

#7d3a8e

Triadic

#533a8e

#8e533a

#3a8e53

Split-complementary

#533a8e

#8e7d3a

#4b8e3a

Tetradic

#533a8e

#8e3a75

#758e3a

#3a8e53

Square

#533a8e

#8e3a4b

#758e3a

#3a8e7d

Shades

Color #533a8e mixed toward black.

#453076

#37275f

#2a1d47

#1c132f

#0e0a18

Tints

Color #533a8e mixed toward white.

#6849b3

#866cc3

#a491d2

#c3b6e1

#e1daf0

Tones

Color #533a8e mixed toward gray.

#564187

#594880

#5b4f79

#5e5672

#615d6b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.88:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.36:1

White text reads better on this background (8.88:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#494980 · ΔE 7.2

Deuteranopia

#4b4d7c · ΔE 9

Tritanopia

#527370 · ΔE 29.4

Achromatopsia

#4a4a4a · ΔE 24.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #533a8e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#533a8e]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#533a8e (#533a8e) is rgb(83, 58, 142) in RGB.

No, #533a8e is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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