#53278D#53278D

#53278D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.159 H 298.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53278D
RGB	rgb(83, 39, 141)
HSL	hsl(266, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(266, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 72.3%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.33, 41.95, -48.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.33, 64.45, 310.61°)
OKLab	oklab(39.22% 0.0757 -0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(39.22% 0.159 298.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.0993, 5.2130, 25.7209)
Luminance	0.0521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.59

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53278D #618D27

analogous

#272E8D #53278D #86278D

triadic

#53278D #8D5327 #278D53

tetradic

#53278D #8D272E #618D27 #278D86

square

#53278D #8D272E #618D27 #278D86

split-complementary

#53278D #8D8627 #2E8D27

monochromatic

#1B0C2D #371A5D #53278D #6F34BD #8F5CD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.28

#53278D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#53278D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #53278D

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53278D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##53278D	1.00	10.28	2.04	10.28
#FFFFFF	10.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004190

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00408B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#454057

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53278d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 39, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.159 298.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8965af',
    500: '#53278d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53278d;
$custom-light: #8965af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53278d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.882,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39217,
    "c": 0.15888,
    "h": 298.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53278D

secondary

#8EB759

accent

#E0489E

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #53278D

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

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