#53228C#53228C

#53228C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.164 H 299.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53228C
RGB	rgb(83, 34, 140)
HSL	hsl(268, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(268, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 75.7%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.38, 44.14, -49.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.38, 66.59, 311.52°)
OKLab	oklab(38.52% 0.0809 -0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(38.52% 0.164 299.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.8717, 4.8764, 25.2797)
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

#53228C #5B8C22

analogous

#22268C #53228C #88228C

triadic

#53228C #8C5322 #228C53

tetradic

#53228C #8C2226 #5B8C22 #228C88

square

#53228C #8C2226 #5B8C22 #228C88

split-complementary

#53228C #8C8822 #268C22

monochromatic

#190A2A #36165B #53228C #702EBD #8F53D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.63

#53228C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#53228C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #53228C

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

#003E8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#463D55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53228c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 34, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.164 299.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53228c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.736,
    "s": 60.92,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38516,
    "c": 0.16378,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53228C

secondary

#89B951

accent

#E4449A

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #53228C

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

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