#53236E#53236E

#53236E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.129 H 311.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53236E
RGB	rgb(83, 35, 110)
HSL	hsl(278, 52%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(278, 68%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.5%, 68.2%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.22, 36.06, -34.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.22, 49.82, 316.37°)
OKLab	oklab(36.24% 0.0844 -0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(36.24% 0.129 311.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.9823, 4.1670, 15.1853)
Luminance	0.0417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53236E #3E6E23

analogous

#2D236E #53236E #6E2363

triadic

#53236E #6E5323 #236E53

tetradic

#53236E #6E2D23 #3E6E23 #23636E

square

#53236E #6E2D23 #3E6E23 #23636E

split-complementary

#53236E #636E23 #236E2D

monochromatic

#120717 #301440 #53236E #76329C #9747C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.45

#53236E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#53236E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #53236E

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53236E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##53236E	1.00	11.45	1.83	11.45
#FFFFFF	11.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003770

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B3A6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#503245

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53236e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 35, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.129 311.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866198',
    500: '#53236e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53236e;
$custom-light: #866198;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53236e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.4,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36236,
    "c": 0.12856,
    "h": 311.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53236E

secondary

#6AA14C

accent

#DB4D80

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0EAF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #53236E

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

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