#53228B#53228B

#53228B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.163 H 299.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53228B
RGB	rgb(83, 34, 139)
HSL	hsl(268, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(268, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 75.5%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.29, 43.88, -49.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.29, 66.05, 311.63°)
OKLab	oklab(38.43% 0.0811 -0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(38.43% 0.163 299.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.7983, 4.8470, 24.8931)
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

#53228B #5A8B22

analogous

#22268B #53228B #88228B

triadic

#53228B #8B5322 #228B53

tetradic

#53228B #8B2226 #5A8B22 #228B88

square

#53228B #8B2226 #5A8B22 #228B88

split-complementary

#53228B #8B8822 #268B22

monochromatic

#180A29 #36165A #53228B #702EBC #8F53D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.66

#53228B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#53228B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #53228B

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53228B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##53228B	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)

#003E8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#463D55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53228b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 34, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.163 299.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8962ae',
    500: '#53228b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53228b;
$custom-light: #8962ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53228b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38429,
    "c": 0.16267,
    "h": 299.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53228B

secondary

#88B850

accent

#E44499

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #53228B

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

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