#53278B#53278B

#53278B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.157 H 299.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53278B
RGB	rgb(83, 39, 139)
HSL	hsl(266, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(266, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 71.9%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.17, 41.42, -47.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.17, 63.36, 310.82°)
OKLab	oklab(39.05% 0.076 -0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(39.05% 0.157 299.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.9518, 5.1540, 24.9443)
Luminance	0.0515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53278B #5F8B27

analogous

#272D8B #53278B #85278B

triadic

#53278B #8B5327 #278B53

tetradic

#53278B #8B272D #5F8B27 #278B85

square

#53278B #8B272D #5F8B27 #278B85

split-complementary

#53278B #8B8527 #2D8B27

monochromatic

#1A0C2B #361A5B #53278B #7034BB #8F5BD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.34

#53278B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#53278B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #53278B

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53278B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##53278B	1.00	10.34	2.03	10.34
#FFFFFF	10.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00408E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#463F56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53278b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 39, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.157 299.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8965ae',
    500: '#53278b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53278b;
$custom-light: #8965ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53278b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.4,
    "s": 56.18,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39049,
    "c": 0.15655,
    "h": 299.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53278B

secondary

#8DB658

accent

#DF489D

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #53278B

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

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