#53398D#53398D

#53398D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.134 H 294.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53398D
RGB	rgb(83, 57, 141)
HSL	hsl(259, 42%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(259, 60%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 59.6%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.09, 31.80, -42.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.09, 53.35, 306.58°)
OKLab	oklab(41.93% 0.0547 -0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(41.93% 0.134 294.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.8369, 6.6881, 25.9668)
Luminance	0.0669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 8.87

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53398D #738D39

analogous

#39498D #53398D #7D398D

triadic

#53398D #8D5339 #398D53

tetradic

#53398D #8D3949 #738D39 #398D7D

square

#53398D #8D3949 #738D39 #398D7D

split-complementary

#53398D #8D7D39 #498D39

monochromatic

#201636 #392761 #53398D #6D4CB7 #9178C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.98

#53398D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#53398D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #53398D

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53398D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##53398D	1.00	8.98	2.34	8.98
#FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#064A90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#12488B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#444B5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53398d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 57, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.134 294.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8770af',
    500: '#53398d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53398d;
$custom-light: #8770af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53398d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.571,
    "s": 42.424,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4193,
    "c": 0.13357,
    "h": 294.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53398D

secondary

#9DB270

accent

#D256AC

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0ECF4

border

#CBC7CE

text

#0C0710

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #53398D

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

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