#53236A#53236A

#53236A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.124 H 313.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53236A
RGB	rgb(83, 35, 106)
HSL	hsl(281, 50%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(281, 67%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.7%, 67%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.94, 35.10, -32.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.94, 47.66, 317.43°)
OKLab	oklab(35.95% 0.0846 -0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(35.95% 0.124 313)
XYZ	xyz(6.7694, 4.0819, 14.0642)
Luminance	0.0408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53236A #3A6A23

analogous

#2F236A #53236A #6A235E

triadic

#53236A #6A5323 #236A53

tetradic

#53236A #6A2F23 #3A6A23 #235E6A

square

#53236A #6A2F23 #3A6A23 #235E6A

split-complementary

#53236A #5E6A23 #236A2F

monochromatic

#120817 #2F143C #53236A #773298 #9A46C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.56

#53236A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#53236A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #53236A

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53236A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##53236A	1.00	11.56	1.82	11.56
#FFFFFF	11.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#04366C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F3A68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513143

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53236a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 35, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.124 313.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866195',
    500: '#53236a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53236a;
$custom-light: #866195;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53236a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.563,
    "s": 50.355,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35949,
    "c": 0.12402,
    "h": 313
  },
  "luminance": 0.04082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53236A

secondary

#669D4B

accent

#DA4E7B

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0EAF1

border

#CBC6CB

text

#0B050D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #53236A

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

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