#53187E#53187E

#53187E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.160 H 305.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53187E
RGB	rgb(83, 24, 126)
HSL	hsl(275, 68%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(275, 81%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 81%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.67, 44.98, -45.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.67, 63.98, 314.68°)
OKLab	oklab(36.24% 0.0937 -0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(36.24% 0.16 305.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.6590, 3.9987, 20.1030)
Luminance	0.0400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.41

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53187E #437E18

analogous

#20187E #53187E #7E1876

triadic

#53187E #7E5318 #187E53

tetradic

#53187E #7E2018 #437E18 #18767E

square

#53187E #7E2018 #437E18 #18767E

split-complementary

#53187E #767E18 #187E20

monochromatic

#11051A #310E4B #53187E #7522B1 #9537D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.67

#53187E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#53187E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #53187E

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53187E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##53187E	1.00	11.67	1.80	11.67
#FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003781

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00397C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B334B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53187e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 24, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.160 305.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885da4',
    500: '#53187e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53187e;
$custom-light: #885da4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53187e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.706,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36238,
    "c": 0.15983,
    "h": 305.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53187E

secondary

#70B23F

accent

#EB3D86

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #53187E

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

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