#53137B#53137B

#53137B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.162 H 307.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53137B
RGB	rgb(83, 19, 123)
HSL	hsl(277, 73%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(277, 85%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 84.6%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.77, 46.12, -45.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.77, 64.47, 315.68°)
OKLab	oklab(35.53% 0.0986 -0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(35.53% 0.162 307.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.3745, 3.7349, 19.0675)
Luminance	0.0374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.11

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53137B #3B7B13

analogous

#1F137B #53137B #7B136F

triadic

#53137B #7B5313 #137B53

tetradic

#53137B #7B1F13 #3B7B13 #136F7B

square

#53137B #7B1F13 #3B7B13 #136F7B

split-complementary

#53137B #6F7B13 #137B1F

monochromatic

#12041B #2F0B46 #53137B #771BB0 #992ADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.02

#53137B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#53137B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #53137B

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53137B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##53137B	1.00	12.02	1.75	12.02
#FFFFFF	12.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00347E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003779

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C2F48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53137b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 19, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.162 307.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885aa2',
    500: '#53137b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53137b;
$custom-light: #885aa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53137b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.923,
    "s": 73.239,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35535,
    "c": 0.1617,
    "h": 307.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53137B

secondary

#67B139

accent

#F0387F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #53137B

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

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