#53337B#53337B

#53337B is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.119 H 301.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53337B
RGB	rgb(83, 51, 123)
HSL	hsl(267, 41%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(267, 59%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 58.5%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.48, 30.34, -35.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.48, 46.95, 310.26°)
OKLab	oklab(39.62% 0.0626 -0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(39.62% 0.119 301.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.3254, 5.6367, 19.3844)
Luminance	0.0564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53337B #5B7B33

analogous

#33377B #53337B #77337B

triadic

#53337B #7B5333 #337B53

tetradic

#53337B #7B3337 #5B7B33 #337B77

square

#53337B #7B3337 #5B7B33 #337B77

split-complementary

#53337B #7B7733 #377B33

monochromatic

#190F24 #362150 #53337B #7045A6 #8F68C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.87

#53337B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#53337B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #53337B

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53337B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##53337B	1.00	9.87	2.13	9.87
#FFFFFF	9.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#15437D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#214379

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B4152

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53337b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 51, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.119 301.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866ca2',
    500: '#53337b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53337b;
$custom-light: #866ca2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53337b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.667,
    "s": 41.379,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39622,
    "c": 0.11904,
    "h": 301.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53337B

secondary

#89A862

accent

#D1579B

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF3

border

#CBC6CD

text

#0B070F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #53337B

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

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