#53238F#53238F

#53238F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.166 H 298.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53238F
RGB	rgb(83, 35, 143)
HSL	hsl(267, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(267, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 75.5%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.80, 44.45, -51.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.80, 67.67, 311.06°)
OKLab	oklab(38.89% 0.0792 -0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(38.89% 0.166 298.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.1250, 5.0241, 26.4703)
Luminance	0.0502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53238F #5F8F23

analogous

#23298F #53238F #89238F

triadic

#53238F #8F5323 #238F53

tetradic

#53238F #8F2329 #5F8F23 #238F89

square

#53238F #8F2329 #5F8F23 #238F89

split-complementary

#53238F #8F8923 #298F23

monochromatic

#1A0B2D #36175E #53238F #702FC0 #8F57D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.47

#53238F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#53238F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #53238F

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53238F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##53238F	1.00	10.47	2.00	10.47
#FFFFFF	10.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443F57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53238f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 35, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.166 298.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8963b1',
    500: '#53238f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53238f;
$custom-light: #8963b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53238f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.667,
    "s": 60.674,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38894,
    "c": 0.16599,
    "h": 298.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53238F

secondary

#8DBA54

accent

#E4449D

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #53238F

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

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