#53217C#53217C

#53217C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.147 H 305.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53217C
RGB	rgb(83, 33, 124)
HSL	hsl(273, 58%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(273, 73%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.1%, 73.4%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.90, 40.52, -42.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.90, 58.53, 313.82°)
OKLab	oklab(37.05% 0.0852 -0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(37.05% 0.147 305.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.7484, 4.3820, 19.5025)
Luminance	0.0438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.04

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53217C #4A7C21

analogous

#25217C #53217C #7C2177

triadic

#53217C #7C5321 #217C53

tetradic

#53217C #7C2521 #4A7C21 #21777C

square

#53217C #7C2521 #4A7C21 #21777C

split-complementary

#53217C #777C21 #217C25

monochromatic

#12071B #33144C #53217C #732EAC #9249CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.19

#53217C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#53217C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #53217C

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53217C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##53217C	1.00	11.19	1.88	11.19
#FFFFFF	11.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C364C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53217c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 33, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.147 305.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8761a3',
    500: '#53217c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53217c;
$custom-light: #8761a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53217c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.967,
    "s": 57.962,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37054,
    "c": 0.14715,
    "h": 305.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53217C

secondary

#77AF4A

accent

#E1478C

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #53217C

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

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