#53238E#53238E

#53238E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.165 H 298.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#53238E
RGBrgb(83, 35, 142)
HSLhsl(267, 60%, 35%)
HSVhsv(267, 75%, 56%)
CMYKcmyk(41.5%, 75.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LABlab(26.72, 44.19, -50.55)
CIE-LCHlch(26.72, 67.14, 311.16°)
OKLaboklab(38.81% 0.0795 -0.1444)
OKLCHoklch(38.81% 0.165 298.8)
XYZxyz(9.0496, 4.9939, 26.0731)
Luminance0.0499 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#53238E #5E8E23
analogous
#23288E #53238E #89238E
triadic
#53238E #8E5323 #238E53
tetradic
#53238E #8E2328 #5E8E23 #238E89
square
#53238E #8E2328 #5E8E23 #238E89
split-complementary
#53238E #8E8923 #288E23
monochromatic
#1A0B2C #36175D #53238E #702FBF #8F56D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.51
#53238E on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00
#53238E on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #53238E
10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##53238E#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##53238E1.0010.512.0010.51
#FFFFFF10.511.0021.001.00
#0000002.0021.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF10.511.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#003F91
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#003E8C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#453E57
Achromatopsia (no color)
#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #53238e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 35, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.165 298.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8963b0',
    500: '#53238e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #53238e;
$custom-light: #8963b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#53238e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.916,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38807,
    "c": 0.16486,
    "h": 298.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#53238E
secondary
#8CB953
accent
#E4449C
background
#F8F6FA
surface
#F0EBF5
border
#CBC6CF
text
#0C0511
muted
#7D7A80

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#53238E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva