#53198D#53198D

#53198D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.174 H 300.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53198D
RGB	rgb(83, 25, 141)
HSL	hsl(270, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(270, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 82.3%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.13, 48.24, -52.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.13, 71.31, 312.57°)
OKLab	oklab(37.67% 0.0884 -0.1502)
OKLCH	oklch(37.67% 0.174 300.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.7214, 4.4573, 25.5950)
Luminance	0.0446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53198D #538D19

analogous

#19198D #53198D #8D198D

triadic

#53198D #8D5319 #198D53

tetradic

#53198D #8D1919 #538D19 #198D8D

square

#53198D #8D1919 #538D19 #198D8D

split-complementary

#53198D #8D8D19 #198D19

monochromatic

#160725 #341059 #53198D #7222C1 #9043DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.10

#53198D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#53198D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #53198D

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53198D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##53198D	1.00	11.10	1.89	11.10
#FFFFFF	11.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453954

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53198d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 25, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.174 300.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53198d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 69.88,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37667,
    "c": 0.17427,
    "h": 300.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53198D

secondary

#81BF43

accent

#ED3B94

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #53198D

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

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