#53388C#53388C

#53388C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.134 H 294.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53388C
RGB	rgb(83, 56, 140)
HSL	hsl(259, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(259, 60%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 60%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.78, 32.11, -42.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.78, 53.44, 306.93°)
OKLab	oklab(41.69% 0.056 -0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(41.69% 0.134 294.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.7138, 6.5606, 25.5604)
Luminance	0.0656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 9.06

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53388C #718C38

analogous

#38478C #53388C #7D388C

triadic

#53388C #8C5338 #388C53

tetradic

#53388C #8C3847 #718C38 #388C7D

square

#53388C #8C3847 #718C38 #388C7D

split-complementary

#53388C #8C7D38 #478C38

monochromatic

#1F1535 #392760 #53388C #6D4AB7 #9176C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.08

#53388C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#53388C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #53388C

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53388C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##53388C	1.00	9.08	2.31	9.08
#FFFFFF	9.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#04498F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#12478A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#454A5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53388c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 56, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.134 294.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8770ae',
    500: '#53388c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53388c;
$custom-light: #8770ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53388c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.286,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41687,
    "c": 0.13376,
    "h": 294.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53388C

secondary

#9CB16F

accent

#D355AA

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0ECF4

border

#CBC7CE

text

#0C0710

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #53388C

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

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