#53178E#53178E

#53178E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.177 H 300.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53178E
RGB	rgb(83, 23, 142)
HSL	hsl(270, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(270, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 83.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.97, 49.23, -53.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.97, 72.64, 312.67°)
OKLab	oklab(37.58% 0.0896 -0.1528)
OKLCH	oklch(37.58% 0.177 300.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.7549, 4.4047, 25.9749)
Luminance	0.0440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53178E #528E17

analogous

#18178E #53178E #8E178E

triadic

#53178E #8E5317 #178E53

tetradic

#53178E #8E1817 #528E17 #178E8E

square

#53178E #8E1817 #528E17 #178E8E

split-complementary

#53178E #8E8E17 #178E18

monochromatic

#150625 #340E59 #53178E #7220C3 #903FE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.16

#53178E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#53178E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #53178E

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53178E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##53178E	1.00	11.16	1.88	11.16
#FFFFFF	11.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.16	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: #53178e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 23, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.177 300.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5db0',
    500: '#53178e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53178e;
$custom-light: #8a5db0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53178e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.252,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37583,
    "c": 0.17709,
    "h": 300.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53178E

secondary

#80C040

accent

#EF3993

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #53178E

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

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