#53188B#53188B

#53188B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.173 H 301.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53188B
RGB	rgb(83, 24, 139)
HSL	hsl(271, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(271, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 82.7%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.82, 48.13, -51.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.82, 70.70, 312.90°)
OKLab	oklab(37.39% 0.0898 -0.148)
OKLCH	oklch(37.39% 0.173 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.5530, 4.3563, 24.8113)
Luminance	0.0436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53188B #508B18

analogous

#1A188B #53188B #8B188A

triadic

#53188B #8B5318 #188B53

tetradic

#53188B #8B1A18 #508B18 #188A8B

square

#53188B #8B1A18 #508B18 #188A8B

split-complementary

#53188B #8A8B18 #188B1A

monochromatic

#150623 #340F57 #53188B #7221BF #913FDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.22

#53188B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#53188B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #53188B

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53188B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##53188B	1.00	11.22	1.87	11.22
#FFFFFF	11.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#463852

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53188b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 24, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.173 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5dae',
    500: '#53188b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53188b;
$custom-light: #8a5dae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53188b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.783,
    "s": 70.552,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37394,
    "c": 0.17314,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53188B

secondary

#7EBE40

accent

#ED3A92

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #53188B

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

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