#53198C#53198C

#53198C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.173 H 300.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53198C
RGB	rgb(83, 25, 140)
HSL	hsl(270, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(270, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 82.1%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.04, 48.00, -52.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.04, 70.80, 312.68°)
OKLab	oklab(37.58% 0.0887 -0.1488)
OKLCH	oklch(37.58% 0.173 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.6474, 4.4276, 25.2049)
Luminance	0.0443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53198C #528C19

analogous

#1A198C #53198C #8C198C

triadic

#53198C #8C5319 #198C53

tetradic

#53198C #8C1A19 #528C19 #198C8C

square

#53198C #8C1A19 #528C19 #198C8C

split-complementary

#53198C #8C8C19 #198C1A

monochromatic

#150624 #341058 #53198C #7222C0 #9042DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.14

#53198C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#53198C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #53198C

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53198C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##53198C	1.00	11.14	1.89	11.14
#FFFFFF	11.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#463953

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53198c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 25, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.173 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5eaf',
    500: '#53198c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53198c;
$custom-light: #8a5eaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53198c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.261,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37576,
    "c": 0.17323,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53198C

secondary

#80BE43

accent

#ED3B93

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #53198C

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

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