#53188C#53188C

#53188C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.174 H 300.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53188C
RGB	rgb(83, 24, 140)
HSL	hsl(271, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(271, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 82.9%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.91, 48.37, -52.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.91, 71.21, 312.79°)
OKLab	oklab(37.49% 0.0895 -0.1494)
OKLCH	oklch(37.49% 0.174 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.6264, 4.3856, 25.1979)
Luminance	0.0439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53188C #518C18

analogous

#19188C #53188C #8C188B

triadic

#53188C #8C5318 #188C53

tetradic

#53188C #8C1918 #518C18 #188B8C

square

#53188C #8C1918 #518C18 #188B8C

split-complementary

#53188C #8B8C18 #188C19

monochromatic

#150624 #340F58 #53188C #7221C0 #9140DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.19

#53188C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#53188C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #53188C

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53188C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##53188C	1.00	11.19	1.88	11.19
#FFFFFF	11.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#463953

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53188c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 24, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.174 300.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5daf',
    500: '#53188c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53188c;
$custom-light: #8a5daf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53188c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.517,
    "s": 70.732,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37486,
    "c": 0.17416,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53188C

secondary

#7FBF41

accent

#ED3A92

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #53188C

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

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