#53237C#53237C

#53237C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.144 H 305.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53237C
RGB	rgb(83, 35, 124)
HSL	hsl(272, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(272, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.1%, 71.8%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.25, 39.54, -41.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.25, 57.43, 313.50°)
OKLab	oklab(37.31% 0.0829 -0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(37.31% 0.144 305)
XYZ	xyz(7.8056, 4.4963, 19.5215)
Luminance	0.0450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.43

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53237C #4C7C23

analogous

#26237C #53237C #7C2378

triadic

#53237C #7C5323 #237C53

tetradic

#53237C #7C2623 #4C7C23 #23787C

square

#53237C #7C2623 #4C7C23 #23787C

split-complementary

#53237C #787C23 #237C26

monochromatic

#13081D #33164C #53237C #7330AC #924DCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.06

#53237C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#53237C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #53237C

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53237C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##53237C	1.00	11.06	1.90	11.06
#FFFFFF	11.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#013C7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B374D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53237c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 35, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.144 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8762a3',
    500: '#53237c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53237c;
$custom-light: #8762a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53237c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.36,
    "s": 55.975,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37305,
    "c": 0.14449,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.04496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53237C

secondary

#7AAF4C

accent

#DF498E

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #53237C

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

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