#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
RGB	rgb(83, 35, 142)
HSL	hsl(267, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(267, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 75.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.72, 44.19, -50.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.72, 67.14, 311.16°)
OKLab	oklab(38.81% 0.0795 -0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(38.81% 0.165 298.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.0496, 4.9939, 26.0731)
Luminance	0.0499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

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
##53238E	1.00	10.51	2.00	10.51
#FFFFFF	10.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #53238E

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

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