#53236F#53236F

#53236F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.130 H 310.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53236F
RGB	rgb(83, 35, 111)
HSL	hsl(278, 52%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(278, 68%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.2%, 68.5%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.29, 36.30, -34.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.29, 50.37, 316.12°)
OKLab	oklab(36.31% 0.0844 -0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(36.31% 0.13 310.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.0370, 4.1889, 15.4737)
Luminance	0.0419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53236F #3F6F23

analogous

#2D236F #53236F #6F2365

triadic

#53236F #6F5323 #236F53

tetradic

#53236F #6F2D23 #3F6F23 #23656F

square

#53236F #6F2D23 #3F6F23 #23656F

split-complementary

#53236F #656F23 #236F2D

monochromatic

#110717 #301440 #53236F #76329E #9747C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.43

#53236F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#53236F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #53236F

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53236F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##53236F	1.00	11.43	1.84	11.43
#FFFFFF	11.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003871

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#193B6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F3245

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53236f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 35, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.130 310.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866299',
    500: '#53236f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53236f;
$custom-light: #866299;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53236f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.895,
    "s": 52.055,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36309,
    "c": 0.1297,
    "h": 310.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53236F

secondary

#6BA24C

accent

#DB4C81

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0EAF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #53236F

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

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