#53178A#53178A

#53178A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.173 H 301.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53178A
RGB	rgb(83, 23, 138)
HSL	hsl(271, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(271, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.9%, 83.3%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.60, 48.26, -51.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.60, 70.59, 313.13°)
OKLab	oklab(37.21% 0.0909 -0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(37.21% 0.173 301.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.4600, 4.2867, 24.4215)
Luminance	0.0429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53178A #4E8A17

analogous

#19178A #53178A #8A1788

triadic

#53178A #8A5317 #178A53

tetradic

#53178A #8A1917 #4E8A17 #17888A

square

#53178A #8A1917 #4E8A17 #17888A

split-complementary

#53178A #888A17 #178A19

monochromatic

#140621 #330E56 #53178A #7320BE #913DDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.31

#53178A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#53178A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #53178A

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53178A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##53178A	1.00	11.31	1.86	11.31
#FFFFFF	11.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#473752

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53178a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 23, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.173 301.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895dad',
    500: '#53178a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53178a;
$custom-light: #895dad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53178a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.304,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37214,
    "c": 0.17302,
    "h": 301.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53178A

secondary

#7CBE3F

accent

#EE3A90

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #53178A

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

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