#53208D#53208D

#53208D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.167 H 299.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53208D
RGB	rgb(83, 32, 141)
HSL	hsl(268, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(268, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 77.3%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.14, 45.32, -50.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.14, 68.12, 311.70°)
OKLab	oklab(38.38% 0.0825 -0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(38.38% 0.167 299.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.8903, 4.7950, 25.6513)
Luminance	0.0479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53208D #5A8D20

analogous

#20248D #53208D #8A208D

triadic

#53208D #8D5320 #208D53

tetradic

#53208D #8D2024 #5A8D20 #208D8A

square

#53208D #8D2024 #5A8D20 #208D8A

split-complementary

#53208D #8D8A20 #248D20

monochromatic

#180929 #36155B #53208D #702BBF #8F50D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.72

#53208D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#53208D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #53208D

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53208D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##53208D	1.00	10.72	1.96	10.72
#FFFFFF	10.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453D55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53208d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 32, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.167 299.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8961af',
    500: '#53208d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53208d;
$custom-light: #8961af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53208d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.073,
    "s": 63.006,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38375,
    "c": 0.16715,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53208D

secondary

#88BA4E

accent

#E64299

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #53208D

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

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