#53138E#53138E

#53138E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.180 H 300.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53138E
RGB	rgb(83, 19, 142)
HSL	hsl(271, 76%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(271, 87%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 86.6%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.51, 50.58, -54.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.51, 74.11, 313.04°)
OKLab	oklab(37.27% 0.0923 -0.1549)
OKLCH	oklch(37.27% 0.18 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.6814, 4.2577, 25.9504)
Luminance	0.0426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53138E #4E8E13

analogous

#16138E #53138E #8E138C

triadic

#53138E #8E5313 #138E53

tetradic

#53138E #8E1613 #4E8E13 #138C8E

square

#53138E #8E1613 #4E8E13 #138C8E

split-complementary

#53138E #8C8E13 #138E16

monochromatic

#140522 #330C58 #53138E #731AC4 #9137E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.34

#53138E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#53138E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #53138E

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53138E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##53138E	1.00	11.34	1.85	11.34
#FFFFFF	11.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00398C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453853

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53138e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 19, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.180 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5cb0',
    500: '#53138e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53138e;
$custom-light: #8a5cb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53138e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.22,
    "s": 76.398,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37265,
    "c": 0.18033,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53138E

secondary

#7CC23B

accent

#F33590

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0D0411

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #53138E

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

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