#53208E#53208E

#53208E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.168 H 299.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53208E
RGB	rgb(83, 32, 142)
HSL	hsl(268, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(268, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 77.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.23, 45.58, -51.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.23, 68.65, 311.60°)
OKLab	oklab(38.46% 0.0823 -0.1468)
OKLCH	oklch(38.46% 0.168 299.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.9650, 4.8249, 26.0449)
Luminance	0.0483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53208E #5B8E20

analogous

#20248E #53208E #8A208E

triadic

#53208E #8E5320 #208E53

tetradic

#53208E #8E2024 #5B8E20 #208E8A

square

#53208E #8E2024 #5B8E20 #208E8A

split-complementary

#53208E #8E8A20 #248E20

monochromatic

#19092A #36155C #53208E #702BC0 #8F51D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.69

#53208E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#53208E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #53208E

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53208E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##53208E	1.00	10.69	1.97	10.69
#FFFFFF	10.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453D56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53208e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 32, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.168 299.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8961b0',
    500: '#53208e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53208e;
$custom-light: #8961b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53208e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.818,
    "s": 63.218,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38464,
    "c": 0.16825,
    "h": 299.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53208E

secondary

#89BB4F

accent

#E6429A

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #53208E

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

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