#53177E#53177E

#53177E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.161 H 306.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53177E
RGB	rgb(83, 23, 126)
HSL	hsl(275, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(275, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 81.7%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.53, 45.37, -45.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.53, 64.41, 314.79°)
OKLab	oklab(36.14% 0.0945 -0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(36.14% 0.161 306)
XYZ	xyz(7.6387, 3.9582, 20.0962)
Luminance	0.0396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.28

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53177E #427E17

analogous

#1F177E #53177E #7E1776

triadic

#53177E #7E5317 #177E53

tetradic

#53177E #7E1F17 #427E17 #17767E

square

#53177E #7E1F17 #427E17 #17767E

split-complementary

#53177E #767E17 #177E1F

monochromatic

#11051A #310E4A #53177E #7520B2 #9535DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.72

#53177E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#53177E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #53177E

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53177E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##53177E	1.00	11.72	1.79	11.72
#FFFFFF	11.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003681

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00387C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B324B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53177e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 23, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.161 306.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885ca4',
    500: '#53177e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53177e;
$custom-light: #885ca4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53177e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.951,
    "s": 69.128,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36144,
    "c": 0.16085,
    "h": 306
  },
  "luminance": 0.03958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53177E

secondary

#6FB33E

accent

#EC3C85

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #53177E

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

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