#53157F#53157F

#53157F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.164 H 305.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53157F
RGB	rgb(83, 21, 127)
HSL	hsl(275, 72%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(275, 83%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.6%, 83.5%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.36, 46.35, -46.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.36, 65.74, 314.83°)
OKLab	oklab(36.05% 0.0959 -0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(36.05% 0.164 305.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.6654, 3.9077, 20.4250)
Luminance	0.0391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.96

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53157F #417F15

analogous

#1E157F #53157F #7F1576

triadic

#53157F #7F5315 #157F53

tetradic

#53157F #7F1E15 #417F15 #15767F

square

#53157F #7F1E15 #417F15 #15767F

split-complementary

#53157F #767F15 #157F1E

monochromatic

#11041A #310C4A #53157F #751EB4 #9631DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.79

#53157F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#53157F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #53157F

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53157F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##53157F	1.00	11.79	1.78	11.79
#FFFFFF	11.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003682

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00387D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B324B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53157f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 21, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.164 305.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885ba5',
    500: '#53157f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53157f;
$custom-light: #885ba5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53157f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.094,
    "s": 71.622,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36053,
    "c": 0.16379,
    "h": 305.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53157F

secondary

#6EB43C

accent

#EE3985

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #53157F

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

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