#53227B#53227B

#53227B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.145 H 305.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53227B
RGB	rgb(83, 34, 123)
HSL	hsl(273, 57%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(273, 72%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 72.4%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.99, 39.78, -41.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.99, 57.44, 313.83°)
OKLab	oklab(37.1% 0.0842 -0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(37.1% 0.145 305.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.7137, 4.4132, 19.1805)
Luminance	0.0441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.32

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53227B #4A7B22

analogous

#26227B #53227B #7B2276

triadic

#53227B #7B5322 #227B53

tetradic

#53227B #7B2622 #4A7B22 #22767B

square

#53227B #7B2622 #4A7B22 #22767B

split-complementary

#53227B #767B22 #227B26

monochromatic

#12071B #33154B #53227B #732FAB #924ACD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.15

#53227B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#53227B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #53227B

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53227B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##53227B	1.00	11.15	1.88	11.15
#FFFFFF	11.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#013B79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C364C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53227b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 34, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.145 305.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8761a2',
    500: '#53227b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53227b;
$custom-light: #8761a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53227b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.034,
    "s": 56.688,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37098,
    "c": 0.14471,
    "h": 305.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53227B

secondary

#77AE4B

accent

#E0488C

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF3

border

#CBC6CD

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #53227B

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →