#53118E#53118E

#53118E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.182 H 300.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53118E
RGB	rgb(83, 17, 142)
HSL	hsl(272, 79%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(272, 88%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 88%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.30, 51.19, -54.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.30, 74.77, 313.21°)
OKLab	oklab(37.12% 0.0935 -0.1559)
OKLCH	oklch(37.12% 0.182 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.6490, 4.1928, 25.9396)
Luminance	0.0419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53118E #4C8E11

analogous

#14118E #53118E #8E118A

triadic

#53118E #8E5311 #118E53

tetradic

#53118E #8E1411 #4C8E11 #118A8E

square

#53118E #8E1411 #4C8E11 #118A8E

split-complementary

#53118E #8A8E11 #118E14

monochromatic

#130421 #330A57 #53118E #7318C5 #9233E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.42

#53118E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#53118E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #53118E

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53118E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##53118E	1.00	11.42	1.84	11.42
#FFFFFF	11.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003991

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00398C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453753

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53118e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 17, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.182 300.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5bb0',
    500: '#53118e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53118e;
$custom-light: #8a5bb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53118e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.68,
    "s": 78.616,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37123,
    "c": 0.1818,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53118E

secondary

#7AC238

accent

#F5338E

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0D0411

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #53118E

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

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