#53197D#53197D

#53197D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.158 H 306.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53197D
RGB	rgb(83, 25, 125)
HSL	hsl(275, 67%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(275, 80%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 80%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.72, 44.35, -44.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.72, 63.02, 314.73°)
OKLab	oklab(36.25% 0.093 -0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(36.25% 0.158 306.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.6158, 4.0150, 19.7718)
Luminance	0.0401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.63

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53197D #437D19

analogous

#21197D #53197D #7D1975

triadic

#53197D #7D5319 #197D53

tetradic

#53197D #7D2119 #437D19 #19757D

square

#53197D #7D2119 #437D19 #19757D

split-complementary

#53197D #757D19 #197D21

monochromatic

#11051A #310F4A #53197D #7523B0 #9539D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.65

#53197D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#53197D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #53197D

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53197D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##53197D	1.00	11.65	1.80	11.65
#FFFFFF	11.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003780

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00397B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B334B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53197d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 25, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.158 306.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53197d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.8,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36249,
    "c": 0.15775,
    "h": 306.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53197D

secondary

#70B140

accent

#EA3E86

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #53197D

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

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