#53236B#53236B

#53236B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.125 H 312.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53236B
RGB	rgb(83, 35, 107)
HSL	hsl(280, 51%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(280, 67%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.4%, 67.3%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.01, 35.34, -32.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.01, 48.20, 317.16°)
OKLab	oklab(36.02% 0.0846 -0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(36.02% 0.125 312.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.8217, 4.1028, 14.3396)
Luminance	0.0410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53236B #3B6B23

analogous

#2F236B #53236B #6B235F

triadic

#53236B #6B5323 #236B53

tetradic

#53236B #6B2F23 #3B6B23 #235F6B

square

#53236B #6B2F23 #3B6B23 #235F6B

split-complementary

#53236B #5F6B23 #236B2F

monochromatic

#120817 #2F143D #53236B #773299 #9946C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.53

#53236B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#53236B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #53236B

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53236B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##53236B	1.00	11.53	1.82	11.53
#FFFFFF	11.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#02376D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E3A69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#503143

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53236b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 35, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.125 312.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866196',
    500: '#53236b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53236b;
$custom-light: #866196;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53236b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 50.704,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3602,
    "c": 0.12516,
    "h": 312.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53236B

secondary

#679E4B

accent

#DA4E7C

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0EAF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0B050D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #53236B

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

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