#53178C#53178C

#53178C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.175 H 301.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53178C
RGB	rgb(83, 23, 140)
HSL	hsl(271, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(271, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 83.6%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.78, 48.74, -52.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.78, 71.61, 312.89°)
OKLab	oklab(37.4% 0.0903 -0.15)
OKLCH	oklch(37.4% 0.175 301)
XYZ	xyz(8.6061, 4.3452, 25.1912)
Luminance	0.0435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53178C #508C17

analogous

#18178C #53178C #8C178B

triadic

#53178C #8C5317 #178C53

tetradic

#53178C #8C1817 #508C17 #178B8C

square

#53178C #8C1817 #508C17 #178B8C

split-complementary

#53178C #8B8C17 #178C18

monochromatic

#150623 #340E57 #53178C #7220C1 #913EDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.24

#53178C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#53178C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #53178C

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53178C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##53178C	1.00	11.24	1.87	11.24
#FFFFFF	11.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#463853

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53178c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 23, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.175 301.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5daf',
    500: '#53178c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53178c;
$custom-light: #8a5daf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53178c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.769,
    "s": 71.779,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37398,
    "c": 0.17506,
    "h": 301
  },
  "luminance": 0.04345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53178C

secondary

#7EBF3F

accent

#EF3992

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #53178C

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

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