#53197C#53197C

#53197C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.157 H 306.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53197C
RGB	rgb(83, 25, 124)
HSL	hsl(275, 66%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(275, 80%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.1%, 79.8%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.64, 44.11, -44.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.64, 62.49, 314.89°)
OKLab	oklab(36.16% 0.0933 -0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(36.16% 0.157 306.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.5522, 3.9896, 19.4371)
Luminance	0.0399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.72

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53197C #427C19

analogous

#22197C #53197C #7C1974

triadic

#53197C #7C5319 #197C53

tetradic

#53197C #7C2219 #427C19 #19747C

square

#53197C #7C2219 #427C19 #19747C

split-complementary

#53197C #747C19 #197C22

monochromatic

#110519 #310F49 #53197C #7523AF #9538D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.68

#53197C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#53197C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #53197C

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53197C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##53197C	1.00	11.68	1.80	11.68
#FFFFFF	11.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00377F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00397A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C324A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53197c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 25, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.157 306.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885da3',
    500: '#53197c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53197c;
$custom-light: #885da3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53197c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.152,
    "s": 66.443,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36164,
    "c": 0.15672,
    "h": 306.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53197C

secondary

#6FB040

accent

#E93E85

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #53197C

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

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