#53157C#53157C

#53157C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.161 H 307.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53157C
RGB	rgb(83, 21, 124)
HSL	hsl(276, 71%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(276, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.1%, 83.1%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.10, 45.65, -45.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.10, 64.20, 315.32°)
OKLab	oklab(35.79% 0.0967 -0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(35.79% 0.161 307)
XYZ	xyz(7.4727, 3.8307, 19.4106)
Luminance	0.0383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.22

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53157C #3E7C15

analogous

#20157C #53157C #7C1571

triadic

#53157C #7C5315 #157C53

tetradic

#53157C #7C2015 #3E7C15 #15717C

square

#53157C #7C2015 #3E7C15 #15717C

split-complementary

#53157C #717C15 #157C20

monochromatic

#12041A #300C48 #53157C #761EB0 #9730DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.89

#53157C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#53157C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #53157C

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53157C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##53157C	1.00	11.89	1.77	11.89
#FFFFFF	11.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00377A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C3049

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53157c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 21, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.161 307.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885ba3',
    500: '#53157c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53157c;
$custom-light: #885ba3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53157c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.117,
    "s": 71.034,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35791,
    "c": 0.16081,
    "h": 307
  },
  "luminance": 0.03831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53157C

secondary

#6AB13C

accent

#EE3A82

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #53157C

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

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