#53218B#53218B

#53218B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.164 H 300.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53218B
RGB	rgb(83, 33, 139)
HSL	hsl(268, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(268, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 76.3%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.13, 44.35, -49.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.13, 66.56, 311.78°)
OKLab	oklab(38.31% 0.0821 -0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(38.31% 0.164 300.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.7702, 4.7907, 24.8837)
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

#53218B #598B21

analogous

#21248B #53218B #88218B

triadic

#53218B #8B5321 #218B53

tetradic

#53218B #8B2124 #598B21 #218B88

square

#53218B #8B2124 #598B21 #218B88

split-complementary

#53218B #8B8821 #248B21

monochromatic

#180A28 #35155A #53218B #712DBC #8F51D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.72

#53218B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#53218B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #53218B

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53218B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##53218B	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)

#003E8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#463C54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53218b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 33, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.164 300.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8962ae',
    500: '#53218b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53218b;
$custom-light: #8962ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53218b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.302,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38313,
    "c": 0.16383,
    "h": 300.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53218B

secondary

#87B94F

accent

#E54398

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #53218B

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

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