#53168D#53168D

#53168D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.177 H 300.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53168D
RGB	rgb(83, 22, 141)
HSL	hsl(271, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(271, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 84.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.75, 49.34, -53.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.75, 72.51, 312.88°)
OKLab	oklab(37.41% 0.0906 -0.152)
OKLCH	oklch(37.41% 0.177 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.6607, 4.3358, 25.5748)
Luminance	0.0434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53168D #508D16

analogous

#17168D #53168D #8D168C

triadic

#53168D #8D5316 #168D53

tetradic

#53168D #8D1716 #508D16 #168C8D

square

#53168D #8D1716 #508D16 #168C8D

split-complementary

#53168D #8C8D16 #168D17

monochromatic

#150523 #340E58 #53168D #721EC2 #913DE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.25

#53168D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#53168D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #53168D

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53168D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##53168D	1.00	11.25	1.87	11.25
#FFFFFF	11.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453853

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53168d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 22, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.177 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5daf',
    500: '#53168d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53168d;
$custom-light: #8a5daf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53168d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.756,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37406,
    "c": 0.17693,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53168D

secondary

#7EC13E

accent

#F03892

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #53168D

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

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