#53218D#53218D

#53218D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.166 H 299.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53218D
RGB	rgb(83, 33, 141)
HSL	hsl(268, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(268, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 76.6%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.30, 44.86, -50.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.30, 67.63, 311.56°)
OKLab	oklab(38.49% 0.0816 -0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(38.49% 0.166 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.9176, 4.8497, 25.6604)
Luminance	0.0485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53218D #5B8D21

analogous

#21258D #53218D #89218D

triadic

#53218D #8D5321 #218D53

tetradic

#53218D #8D2125 #5B8D21 #218D89

square

#53218D #8D2125 #5B8D21 #218D89

split-complementary

#53218D #8D8921 #258D21

monochromatic

#190A2A #36155B #53218D #702DBF #8F52D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.66

#53218D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#53218D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #53218D

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53218D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##53218D	1.00	10.66	1.97	10.66
#FFFFFF	10.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453D55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53218d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 33, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.166 299.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8962af',
    500: '#53218d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53218d;
$custom-light: #8962af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53218d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.778,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38488,
    "c": 0.16604,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53218D

secondary

#89BA50

accent

#E5439A

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #53218D

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

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