#53157B#53157B

#53157B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.160 H 307.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53157B
RGB	rgb(83, 21, 123)
HSL	hsl(276, 71%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(276, 83%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 82.9%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.02, 45.42, -44.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.02, 63.69, 315.49°)
OKLab	oklab(35.7% 0.097 -0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(35.7% 0.16 307.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.4098, 3.8055, 19.0792)
Luminance	0.0381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.32

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53157B #3D7B15

analogous

#20157B #53157B #7B1570

triadic

#53157B #7B5315 #157B53

tetradic

#53157B #7B2015 #3D7B15 #15707B

square

#53157B #7B2015 #3D7B15 #15707B

split-complementary

#53157B #707B15 #157B20

monochromatic

#12041A #300C47 #53157B #761EAF #982FDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.93

#53157B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#53157B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #53157B

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53157B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##53157B	1.00	11.93	1.76	11.93
#FFFFFF	11.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003779

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C3049

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53157b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 21, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.160 307.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885ba2',
    500: '#53157b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53157b;
$custom-light: #885ba2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53157b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.471,
    "s": 70.833,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35704,
    "c": 0.15982,
    "h": 307.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53157B

secondary

#69B03B

accent

#EE3A81

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #53157B

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

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