#53188E#53188E

#53188E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.176 H 300.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53188E
RGB	rgb(83, 24, 142)
HSL	hsl(270, 71%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(270, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 83.1%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.09, 48.86, -53.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.09, 72.24, 312.57°)
OKLab	oklab(37.67% 0.0889 -0.1522)
OKLCH	oklch(37.67% 0.176 300.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.7752, 4.4452, 25.9816)
Luminance	0.0445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53188E #538E18

analogous

#18188E #53188E #8E188E

triadic

#53188E #8E5318 #188E53

tetradic

#53188E #8E1818 #538E18 #188E8E

square

#53188E #8E1818 #538E18 #188E8E

split-complementary

#53188E #8E8E18 #188E18

monochromatic

#160625 #340F5A #53188E #7221C2 #9041DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.12

#53188E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#53188E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #53188E

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53188E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##53188E	1.00	11.12	1.89	11.12
#FFFFFF	11.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453A54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53188e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 24, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.176 300.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5eb0',
    500: '#53188e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53188e;
$custom-light: #8a5eb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53188e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 71.084,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3767,
    "c": 0.17621,
    "h": 300.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53188E

secondary

#81C042

accent

#EE3A94

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #53188E

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

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