#53157E#53157E

#53157E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.163 H 306.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53157E
RGB	rgb(83, 21, 126)
HSL	hsl(275, 71%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(275, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 83.3%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.28, 46.12, -46.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.28, 65.23, 314.99°)
OKLab	oklab(35.97% 0.0962 -0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(35.97% 0.163 306.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.6005, 3.8818, 20.0835)
Luminance	0.0388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.04

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53157E #407E15

analogous

#1F157E #53157E #7E1575

triadic

#53157E #7E5315 #157E53

tetradic

#53157E #7E1F15 #407E15 #15757E

square

#53157E #7E1F15 #407E15 #15757E

split-complementary

#53157E #757E15 #157E1F

monochromatic

#11041A #300C4A #53157E #761EB2 #9631DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.82

#53157E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#53157E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #53157E

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53157E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##53157E	1.00	11.82	1.78	11.82
#FFFFFF	11.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003681

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00387C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B314A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53157e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 21, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.163 306.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885ba4',
    500: '#53157e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53157e;
$custom-light: #885ba4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53157e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.429,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35965,
    "c": 0.1628,
    "h": 306.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53157E

secondary

#6DB33C

accent

#EE3A84

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #53157E

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

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