#53227C#53227C

#53227C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.146 H 305.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53227C
RGB	rgb(83, 34, 124)
HSL	hsl(273, 57%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(273, 73%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.1%, 72.6%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.07, 40.04, -41.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.07, 57.99, 313.67°)
OKLab	oklab(37.18% 0.0841 -0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(37.18% 0.146 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.7766, 4.4383, 19.5119)
Luminance	0.0444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.23

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53227C #4B7C22

analogous

#26227C #53227C #7C2278

triadic

#53227C #7C5322 #227C53

tetradic

#53227C #7C2622 #4B7C22 #22787C

square

#53227C #7C2622 #4B7C22 #22787C

split-complementary

#53227C #787C22 #227C26

monochromatic

#13081C #33154C #53227C #732FAC #924BCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.13

#53227C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#53227C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #53227C

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53227C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##53227C	1.00	11.13	1.89	11.13
#FFFFFF	11.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C374C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53227c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 34, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.146 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8761a3',
    500: '#53227c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53227c;
$custom-light: #8761a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53227c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.667,
    "s": 56.962,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37178,
    "c": 0.14584,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53227C

secondary

#78AF4B

accent

#E0488D

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #53227C

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

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