#53237D#53237D

#53237D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.146 H 304.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53237D
RGB	rgb(83, 35, 125)
HSL	hsl(272, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(272, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 72%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.33, 39.79, -42.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.33, 57.97, 313.34°)
OKLab	oklab(37.39% 0.0828 -0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(37.39% 0.146 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.8691, 4.5218, 19.8563)
Luminance	0.0452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.35

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53237D #4D7D23

analogous

#26237D #53237D #7D237A

triadic

#53237D #7D5323 #237D53

tetradic

#53237D #7D2623 #4D7D23 #237A7D

square

#53237D #7D2623 #4D7D23 #237A7D

split-complementary

#53237D #7A7D23 #237D26

monochromatic

#14081D #33164D #53237D #7330AD #914DCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.03

#53237D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#53237D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #53237D

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53237D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##53237D	1.00	11.03	1.90	11.03
#FFFFFF	11.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B384D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53237d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 35, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.146 304.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53237d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272,
    "s": 56.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37385,
    "c": 0.14564,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53237D

secondary

#7BAF4C

accent

#E0488F

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #53237D

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

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