#53248B#53248B

#53248B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.160 H 299.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53248B
RGB	rgb(83, 36, 139)
HSL	hsl(267, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(267, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 74.1%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.63, 42.92, -48.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.63, 65.00, 311.32°)
OKLab	oklab(38.67% 0.0792 -0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(38.67% 0.16 299.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.8572, 4.9647, 24.9127)
Luminance	0.0496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53248B #5C8B24

analogous

#24288B #53248B #87248B

triadic

#53248B #8B5324 #248B53

tetradic

#53248B #8B2428 #5C8B24 #248B87

square

#53248B #8B2428 #5C8B24 #248B87

split-complementary

#53248B #8B8724 #288B24

monochromatic

#190B2A #36175A #53248B #7031BC #8F56D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.54

#53248B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#53248B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #53248B

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53248B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##53248B	1.00	10.54	1.99	10.54
#FFFFFF	10.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#463E55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53248b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 36, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.160 299.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8963ae',
    500: '#53248b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53248b;
$custom-light: #8963ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53248b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.379,
    "s": 58.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38669,
    "c": 0.16029,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53248B

secondary

#8AB753

accent

#E2469B

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #53248B

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

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