#53197E#53197E

#53197E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.159 H 305.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53197E
RGB	rgb(83, 25, 126)
HSL	hsl(274, 67%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(274, 80%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 80.2%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.81, 44.59, -45.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.81, 63.54, 314.57°)
OKLab	oklab(36.34% 0.0928 -0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(36.34% 0.159 305.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.6800, 4.0407, 20.1100)
Luminance	0.0404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.55

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53197E #447E19

analogous

#20197E #53197E #7E1977

triadic

#53197E #7E5319 #197E53

tetradic

#53197E #7E2019 #447E19 #19777E

square

#53197E #7E2019 #447E19 #19777E

split-complementary

#53197E #777E19 #197E20

monochromatic

#11051A #310F4B #53197E #7523B1 #943AD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.61

#53197E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#53197E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #53197E

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53197E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##53197E	1.00	11.61	1.81	11.61
#FFFFFF	11.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003781

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00397C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B334B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53197e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 25, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.159 305.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885da4',
    500: '#53197e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53197e;
$custom-light: #885da4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53197e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.455,
    "s": 66.887,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36335,
    "c": 0.15878,
    "h": 305.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53197E

secondary

#71B241

accent

#EA3E87

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #53197E

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

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