#53209B#53209B

#53209B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.182 H 295.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53209B
RGB	rgb(83, 32, 155)
HSL	hsl(265, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(265, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 79.4%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.40, 48.95, -57.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.40, 75.46, 310.44°)
OKLab	oklab(39.65% 0.0786 -0.1646)
OKLCH	oklch(39.65% 0.182 295.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.9986, 5.2383, 31.4883)
Luminance	0.0524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53209B #689B20

analogous

#202B9B #53209B #91209B

triadic

#53209B #9B5320 #209B53

tetradic

#53209B #9B202B #689B20 #209B91

square

#53209B #9B202B #689B20 #209B91

split-complementary

#53209B #9B9120 #2B9B20

monochromatic

#1D0B36 #381668 #53209B #6E2ACE #8F59DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.25

#53209B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#53209B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #53209B

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53209B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##53209B	1.00	10.25	2.05	10.25
#FFFFFF	10.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00429E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E425D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53209b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 32, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.182 295.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b62ba',
    500: '#53209b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53209b;
$custom-light: #8b62ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53209b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.878,
    "s": 65.775,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39645,
    "c": 0.18241,
    "h": 295.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53209B

secondary

#94C156

accent

#E93FA2

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0512

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #53209B

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

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