#53237F#53237F

#53237F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.148 H 303.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53237F
RGB	rgb(83, 35, 127)
HSL	hsl(271, 57%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(271, 72%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.6%, 72.4%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.48, 40.30, -43.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.48, 59.06, 313.03°)
OKLab	oklab(37.55% 0.0825 -0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(37.55% 0.148 303.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.9982, 4.5734, 20.5359)
Luminance	0.0457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.22

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53237F #4F7F23

analogous

#25237F #53237F #7F237D

triadic

#53237F #7F5323 #237F53

tetradic

#53237F #7F2523 #4F7F23 #237D7F

square

#53237F #7F2523 #4F7F23 #237D7F

split-complementary

#53237F #7D7F23 #237F25

monochromatic

#14091F #34164F #53237F #7230AF #914ECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.97

#53237F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#53237F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #53237F

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53237F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##53237F	1.00	10.97	1.91	10.97
#FFFFFF	10.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A384E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53237f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 35, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.148 303.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8862a5',
    500: '#53237f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53237f;
$custom-light: #8862a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53237f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.304,
    "s": 56.79,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37546,
    "c": 0.14791,
    "h": 303.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53237F

secondary

#7DB14C

accent

#E04891

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #53237F

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

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