#53238A#53238A

#53238A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.160 H 300.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53238A
RGB	rgb(83, 35, 138)
HSL	hsl(268, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(268, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.9%, 74.6%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.38, 43.14, -48.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.38, 64.99, 311.59°)
OKLab	oklab(38.46% 0.0804 -0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(38.46% 0.16 300.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.7546, 4.8760, 24.5197)
Luminance	0.0488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53238A #5A8A23

analogous

#23278A #53238A #87238A

triadic

#53238A #8A5323 #238A53

tetradic

#53238A #8A2327 #5A8A23 #238A87

square

#53238A #8A2327 #5A8A23 #238A87

split-complementary

#53238A #8A8723 #278A23

monochromatic

#180A28 #361759 #53238A #702FBB #8F54D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.63

#53238A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#53238A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #53238A

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53238A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##53238A	1.00	10.63	1.98	10.63
#FFFFFF	10.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#463D54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53238a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 35, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.160 300.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8963ad',
    500: '#53238a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53238a;
$custom-light: #8963ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53238a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.961,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38462,
    "c": 0.16036,
    "h": 300.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53238A

secondary

#88B751

accent

#E34599

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #53238A

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

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