#53217D#53217D

#53217D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.148 H 305.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53217D
RGB	rgb(83, 33, 125)
HSL	hsl(273, 58%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(273, 74%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 73.6%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.98, 40.78, -42.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.98, 59.07, 313.66°)
OKLab	oklab(37.14% 0.085 -0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(37.14% 0.148 305)
XYZ	xyz(7.8120, 4.4074, 19.8372)
Luminance	0.0441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.96

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53217D #4B7D21

analogous

#25217D #53217D #7D2179

triadic

#53217D #7D5321 #217D53

tetradic

#53217D #7D2521 #4B7D21 #21797D

square

#53217D #7D2521 #4B7D21 #21797D

split-complementary

#53217D #797D21 #217D25

monochromatic

#13071C #33144D #53217D #732EAD #9249CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.16

#53217D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#53217D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #53217D

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53217D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##53217D	1.00	11.16	1.88	11.16
#FFFFFF	11.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B374D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53217d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 33, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.148 305.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53217d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.609,
    "s": 58.228,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37135,
    "c": 0.14827,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.04407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53217D

secondary

#78B04A

accent

#E1468D

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #53217D

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

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