#53308B#53308B

#53308B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.144 H 297.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53308B
RGB	rgb(83, 48, 139)
HSL	hsl(263, 49%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(263, 65%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 65.5%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.95, 36.53, -45.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.95, 58.01, 309.03°)
OKLab	oklab(40.32% 0.0659 -0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(40.32% 0.144 297.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.2832, 5.8168, 25.0548)
Luminance	0.0582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53308B #688B30

analogous

#303B8B #53308B #81308B

triadic

#53308B #8B5330 #308B53

tetradic

#53308B #8B303B #688B30 #308B81

square

#53308B #8B303B #688B30 #308B81

split-complementary

#53308B #8B8130 #3B8B30

monochromatic

#1D1130 #38205E #53308B #6E40B8 #8F6ACC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.71

#53308B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#53308B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #53308B

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53308B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##53308B	1.00	9.71	2.16	9.71
#FFFFFF	9.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00458E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004389

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#454559

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53308b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 48, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.144 297.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#886aae',
    500: '#53308b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53308b;
$custom-light: #886aae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53308b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.077,
    "s": 48.663,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40324,
    "c": 0.14431,
    "h": 297.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53308B

secondary

#94B364

accent

#D850A4

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0710

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #53308B

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

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