#53218E#53218E

#53218E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.167 H 299.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53218E
RGB	rgb(83, 33, 142)
HSL	hsl(268, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(268, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 76.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.39, 45.12, -51.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.39, 68.16, 311.46°)
OKLab	oklab(38.58% 0.0814 -0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(38.58% 0.167 299.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.9924, 4.8796, 26.0540)
Luminance	0.0488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53218E #5C8E21

analogous

#21258E #53218E #8A218E

triadic

#53218E #8E5321 #218E53

tetradic

#53218E #8E2125 #5C8E21 #218E8A

square

#53218E #8E2125 #5C8E21 #218E8A

split-complementary

#53218E #8E8A21 #258E21

monochromatic

#190A2B #36155C #53218E #702DC0 #8F52D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.63

#53218E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#53218E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #53218E

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53218E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##53218E	1.00	10.63	1.98	10.63
#FFFFFF	10.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453D56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53218e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 33, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.167 299.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8962b0',
    500: '#53218e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53218e;
$custom-light: #8962b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53218e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.523,
    "s": 62.286,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38576,
    "c": 0.16714,
    "h": 299.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53218E

secondary

#8ABA50

accent

#E5429B

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #53218E

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

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