#53357D#53357D

#53357D is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.118 H 300.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53357D
RGB	rgb(83, 53, 125)
HSL	hsl(265, 40%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(265, 58%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 57.6%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.07, 29.68, -36.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.07, 46.76, 309.40°)
OKLab	oklab(40.1% 0.0599 -0.1022)
OKLCH	oklch(40.1% 0.118 300.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.5412, 5.8658, 20.0803)
Luminance	0.0587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 10.00

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53357D #5F7D35

analogous

#353B7D #53357D #77357D

triadic

#53357D #7D5335 #357D53

tetradic

#53357D #7D353B #5F7D35 #357D77

square

#53357D #7D353B #5F7D35 #357D77

split-complementary

#53357D #7D7735 #3B7D35

monochromatic

#1A1127 #362352 #53357D #7047A8 #8F6CC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.66

#53357D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#53357D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #53357D

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53357D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##53357D	1.00	9.66	2.17	9.66
#FFFFFF	9.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#17447F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#22447B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A4353

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53357d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 53, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.118 300.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866da3',
    500: '#53357d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53357d;
$custom-light: #866da3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53357d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265,
    "s": 40.449,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40102,
    "c": 0.11841,
    "h": 300.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53357D

secondary

#8DA965

accent

#D0579E

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B070F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #53357D

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

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