#53237E#53237E

#53237E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.147 H 304.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53237E
RGB	rgb(83, 35, 126)
HSL	hsl(272, 57%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(272, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 72.2%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.40, 40.04, -42.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.40, 58.52, 313.18°)
OKLab	oklab(37.46% 0.0826 -0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(37.46% 0.147 304.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.9334, 4.5475, 20.1944)
Luminance	0.0455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.28

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53237E #4E7E23

analogous

#25237E #53237E #7E237C

triadic

#53237E #7E5323 #237E53

tetradic

#53237E #7E2523 #4E7E23 #237C7E

square

#53237E #7E2523 #4E7E23 #237C7E

split-complementary

#53237E #7C7E23 #237E25

monochromatic

#14081E #33164E #53237E #7330AE #914ECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.00

#53237E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#53237E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #53237E

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53237E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##53237E	1.00	11.00	1.91	11.00
#FFFFFF	11.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B384E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53237e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 35, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.147 304.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8762a4',
    500: '#53237e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53237e;
$custom-light: #8762a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53237e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.648,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37465,
    "c": 0.14678,
    "h": 304.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53237E

secondary

#7CB04C

accent

#E04890

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #53237E

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

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