#53208B#53208B

#53208B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.165 H 300.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53208B
RGB	rgb(83, 32, 139)
HSL	hsl(269, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(269, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 77%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.97, 44.80, -49.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.97, 67.06, 311.92°)
OKLab	oklab(38.2% 0.083 -0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(38.2% 0.165 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.7428, 4.7360, 24.8746)
Luminance	0.0474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53208B #588B20

analogous

#20228B #53208B #88208B

triadic

#53208B #8B5320 #208B53

tetradic

#53208B #8B2022 #588B20 #208B88

square

#53208B #8B2022 #588B20 #208B88

split-complementary

#53208B #8B8820 #228B20

monochromatic

#180928 #351559 #53208B #712BBD #904FD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.78

#53208B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#53208B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #53208B

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53208B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##53208B	1.00	10.78	1.95	10.78
#FFFFFF	10.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#463C54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53208b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 32, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.165 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8961ae',
    500: '#53208b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53208b;
$custom-light: #8961ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53208b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.598,
    "s": 62.573,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.382,
    "c": 0.16496,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53208B

secondary

#86BA4D

accent

#E64298

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #53208B

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

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