#53168E#53168E

#53168E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.178 H 300.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53168E
RGB	rgb(83, 22, 142)
HSL	hsl(271, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(271, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 84.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.85, 49.58, -53.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.85, 73.02, 312.77°)
OKLab	oklab(37.5% 0.0903 -0.1533)
OKLCH	oklch(37.5% 0.178 300.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.7355, 4.3657, 25.9684)
Luminance	0.0437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53168E #518E16

analogous

#17168E #53168E #8E168D

triadic

#53168E #8E5316 #168E53

tetradic

#53168E #8E1716 #518E16 #168D8E

square

#53168E #8E1716 #518E16 #168D8E

split-complementary

#53168E #8D8E16 #168E17

monochromatic

#150624 #340E59 #53168E #721EC3 #913DE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.21

#53168E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#53168E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #53168E

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53168E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##53168E	1.00	11.21	1.87	11.21
#FFFFFF	11.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453954

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53168e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 22, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.178 300.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5db0',
    500: '#53168e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53168e;
$custom-light: #8a5db0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53168e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37499,
    "c": 0.17794,
    "h": 300.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53168E

secondary

#7FC13F

accent

#F03892

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #53168E

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

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