#53138C#53138C

#53138C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.178 H 301.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53138C
RGB	rgb(83, 19, 140)
HSL	hsl(272, 76%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(272, 86%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 86.4%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.32, 50.11, -53.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.32, 73.10, 313.27°)
OKLab	oklab(37.08% 0.093 -0.1522)
OKLCH	oklch(37.08% 0.178 301.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.5326, 4.1981, 25.1666)
Luminance	0.0420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53138C #4C8C13

analogous

#17138C #53138C #8C1388

triadic

#53138C #8C5313 #138C53

tetradic

#53138C #8C1713 #4C8C13 #13888C

square

#53138C #8C1713 #4C8C13 #13888C

split-complementary

#53138C #888C13 #138C17

monochromatic

#130420 #330C56 #53138C #731AC2 #9236E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.42

#53138C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#53138C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #53138C

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53138C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##53138C	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)

#00398F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00398A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#463752

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53138c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 19, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.178 301.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5baf',
    500: '#53138c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53138c;
$custom-light: #8a5baf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53138c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.736,
    "s": 76.101,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37077,
    "c": 0.17836,
    "h": 301.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53138C

secondary

#7AC03B

accent

#F3358E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0C0410

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #53138C

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

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