#53168B#53168B

#53168B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.175 H 301.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53168B
RGB	rgb(83, 22, 139)
HSL	hsl(271, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(271, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 84.2%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.57, 48.86, -52.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.57, 71.49, 313.11°)
OKLab	oklab(37.22% 0.0913 -0.1492)
OKLCH	oklch(37.22% 0.175 301.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.5132, 4.2768, 24.7981)
Luminance	0.0428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53168B #4E8B16

analogous

#19168B #53168B #8B1689

triadic

#53168B #8B5316 #168B53

tetradic

#53168B #8B1916 #4E8B16 #16898B

square

#53168B #8B1916 #4E8B16 #16898B

split-complementary

#53168B #898B16 #168B19

monochromatic

#140521 #330E56 #53168B #731EC0 #913BE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.32

#53168B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#53168B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #53168B

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53168B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##53168B	1.00	11.32	1.86	11.32
#FFFFFF	11.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#463752

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53168b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 22, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.175 301.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5dae',
    500: '#53168b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53168b;
$custom-light: #8a5dae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53168b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.282,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37221,
    "c": 0.17491,
    "h": 301.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53168B

secondary

#7CBF3E

accent

#EF3890

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #53168B

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

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