#53227E#53227E

#53227E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.148 H 304.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53227E
RGB	rgb(83, 34, 126)
HSL	hsl(272, 58%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(272, 73%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 73%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.23, 40.54, -42.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.23, 59.07, 313.34°)
OKLab	oklab(37.34% 0.0837 -0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(37.34% 0.148 304.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.9043, 4.4894, 20.1847)
Luminance	0.0449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.08

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53227E #4D7E22

analogous

#25227E #53227E #7E227B

triadic

#53227E #7E5322 #227E53

tetradic

#53227E #7E2522 #4D7E22 #227B7E

square

#53227E #7E2522 #4D7E22 #227B7E

split-complementary

#53227E #7B7E22 #227E25

monochromatic

#14081E #33154E #53227E #732FAE #914CCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.07

#53227E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#53227E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #53227E

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53227E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##53227E	1.00	11.07	1.90	11.07
#FFFFFF	11.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B384D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53227e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 34, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.148 304.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8862a4',
    500: '#53227e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53227e;
$custom-light: #8862a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53227e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.957,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37339,
    "c": 0.14809,
    "h": 304.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53227E

secondary

#7BB14B

accent

#E1478F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #53227E

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

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