#53198B#53198B

#53198B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.172 H 301.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53198B
RGB	rgb(83, 25, 139)
HSL	hsl(271, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(271, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 82%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.95, 47.75, -51.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.95, 70.28, 312.79°)
OKLab	oklab(37.49% 0.0891 -0.1474)
OKLCH	oklch(37.49% 0.172 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.5740, 4.3983, 24.8183)
Luminance	0.0440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53198B #518B19

analogous

#1A198B #53198B #8B198A

triadic

#53198B #8B5319 #198B53

tetradic

#53198B #8B1A19 #518B19 #198A8B

square

#53198B #8B1A19 #518B19 #198A8B

split-complementary

#53198B #8A8B19 #198B1A

monochromatic

#150623 #341057 #53198B #7222BF #9141DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.17

#53198B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#53198B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #53198B

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53198B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##53198B	1.00	11.17	1.88	11.17
#FFFFFF	11.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#463953

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53198b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 25, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.172 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895eae',
    500: '#53198b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53198b;
$custom-light: #895eae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53198b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.526,
    "s": 69.512,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37485,
    "c": 0.1722,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53198B

secondary

#7FBE42

accent

#EC3B92

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #53198B

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

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