#53237A#53237A

#53237A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.142 H 305.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53237A
RGB	rgb(83, 35, 122)
HSL	hsl(273, 55%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(273, 71%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(32%, 71.3%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.10, 39.03, -40.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.10, 56.35, 313.84°)
OKLab	oklab(37.15% 0.0832 -0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(37.15% 0.142 305.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.6804, 4.4463, 18.8622)
Luminance	0.0445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53237A #4A7A23

analogous

#27237A #53237A #7A2375

triadic

#53237A #7A5323 #237A53

tetradic

#53237A #7A2723 #4A7A23 #23757A

square

#53237A #7A2723 #4A7A23 #23757A

split-complementary

#53237A #757A23 #237A27

monochromatic

#12081B #33154A #53237A #7331AA #924CCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.12

#53237A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#53237A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #53237A

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53237A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##53237A	1.00	11.12	1.89	11.12
#FFFFFF	11.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#063C78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C374B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53237a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 35, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.142 305.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8762a1',
    500: '#53237a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53237a;
$custom-light: #8762a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53237a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.103,
    "s": 55.414,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37147,
    "c": 0.14223,
    "h": 305.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53237A

secondary

#77AD4C

accent

#DF498C

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF3

border

#CBC6CD

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #53237A

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

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