#53197B#53197B

#53197B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.156 H 306.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53197B
RGB	rgb(83, 25, 123)
HSL	hsl(276, 66%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(276, 80%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 79.7%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.55, 43.87, -43.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.55, 61.97, 315.06°)
OKLab	oklab(36.08% 0.0935 -0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(36.08% 0.156 306.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.4893, 3.9644, 19.1057)
Luminance	0.0396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.82

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53197B #417B19

analogous

#22197B #53197B #7B1972

triadic

#53197B #7B5319 #197B53

tetradic

#53197B #7B2219 #417B19 #19727B

square

#53197B #7B2219 #417B19 #19727B

split-complementary

#53197B #727B19 #197B22

monochromatic

#110519 #310F48 #53197B #7523AE #9638D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.71

#53197B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#53197B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #53197B

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53197B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##53197B	1.00	11.71	1.79	11.71
#FFFFFF	11.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003879

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C3249

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53197b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 25, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.156 306.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885da2',
    500: '#53197b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53197b;
$custom-light: #885da2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53197b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.51,
    "s": 66.216,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36079,
    "c": 0.15568,
    "h": 306.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53197B

secondary

#6EAF40

accent

#E93F84

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #53197B

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

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