#53237B#53237B

#53237B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.143 H 305.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53237B
RGB	rgb(83, 35, 123)
HSL	hsl(273, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(273, 72%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 71.5%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.17, 39.28, -41.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.17, 56.89, 313.67°)
OKLab	oklab(37.23% 0.0831 -0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(37.23% 0.143 305.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.7427, 4.4712, 19.1902)
Luminance	0.0447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53237B #4B7B23

analogous

#27237B #53237B #7B2377

triadic

#53237B #7B5323 #237B53

tetradic

#53237B #7B2723 #4B7B23 #23777B

square

#53237B #7B2723 #4B7B23 #23777B

split-complementary

#53237B #777B23 #237B27

monochromatic

#13081C #33154B #53237B #7331AB #924CCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.09

#53237B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#53237B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #53237B

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53237B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##53237B	1.00	11.09	1.89	11.09
#FFFFFF	11.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#043C79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C374C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53237b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 35, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.143 305.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8762a2',
    500: '#53237b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53237b;
$custom-light: #8762a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53237b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.727,
    "s": 55.696,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37226,
    "c": 0.14336,
    "h": 305.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53237B

secondary

#78AE4C

accent

#DF498D

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF3

border

#CBC6CD

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #53237B

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

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