#53218C#53218C

#53218C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.165 H 299.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53218C
RGB	rgb(83, 33, 140)
HSL	hsl(268, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(268, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 76.4%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.22, 44.60, -50.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.22, 67.09, 311.67°)
OKLab	oklab(38.4% 0.0818 -0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(38.4% 0.165 299.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.8436, 4.8201, 25.2703)
Luminance	0.0482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53218C #5A8C21

analogous

#21258C #53218C #89218C

triadic

#53218C #8C5321 #218C53

tetradic

#53218C #8C2125 #5A8C21 #218C89

square

#53218C #8C2125 #5A8C21 #218C89

split-complementary

#53218C #8C8921 #258C21

monochromatic

#180A29 #36155A #53218C #702DBE #8F51D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.69

#53218C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#53218C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #53218C

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53218C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##53218C	1.00	10.69	1.96	10.69
#FFFFFF	10.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#463D55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53218c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 33, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.165 299.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53218c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.037,
    "s": 61.85,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.384,
    "c": 0.16493,
    "h": 299.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53218C

secondary

#88B94F

accent

#E54399

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #53218C

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

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