#53157A#53157A

#53157A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.159 H 307.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53157A
RGB	rgb(83, 21, 122)
HSL	hsl(277, 71%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(277, 83%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(32%, 82.8%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.93, 45.18, -44.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.93, 63.17, 315.66°)
OKLab	oklab(35.62% 0.0973 -0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(35.62% 0.159 307.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.3475, 3.7806, 18.7512)
Luminance	0.0378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53157A #3C7A15

analogous

#21157A #53157A #7A156E

triadic

#53157A #7A5315 #157A53

tetradic

#53157A #7A2115 #3C7A15 #156E7A

square

#53157A #7A2115 #3C7A15 #156E7A

split-complementary

#53157A #6E7A15 #157A21

monochromatic

#12041A #2F0C46 #53157A #771EAE #982EDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.96

#53157A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#53157A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #53157A

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53157A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##53157A	1.00	11.96	1.76	11.96
#FFFFFF	11.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003778

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C2F48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53157a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 21, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.159 307.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885ba1',
    500: '#53157a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53157a;
$custom-light: #885ba1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53157a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.832,
    "s": 70.629,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35618,
    "c": 0.15883,
    "h": 307.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53157A

secondary

#68AF3B

accent

#ED3A80

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F3

border

#CBC5CD

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #53157A

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

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