#53178D#53178D

#53178D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.176 H 300.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53178D
RGB	rgb(83, 23, 141)
HSL	hsl(271, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(271, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 83.7%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.87, 48.98, -52.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.87, 72.12, 312.78°)
OKLab	oklab(37.49% 0.0899 -0.1514)
OKLCH	oklch(37.49% 0.176 300.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.6802, 4.3748, 25.5812)
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

#53178D #518D17

analogous

#18178D #53178D #8D178C

triadic

#53178D #8D5317 #178D53

tetradic

#53178D #8D1817 #518D17 #178C8D

square

#53178D #8D1817 #518D17 #178C8D

split-complementary

#53178D #8C8D17 #178D18

monochromatic

#150624 #340E58 #53178D #7220C2 #913FE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.20

#53178D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#53178D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #53178D

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53178D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##53178D	1.00	11.20	1.88	11.20
#FFFFFF	11.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453953

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53178d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 23, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.176 300.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53178d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.508,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3749,
    "c": 0.17607,
    "h": 300.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53178D

secondary

#7FC040

accent

#EF3992

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #53178D

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

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