#53398E#53398E

#53398E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.135 H 293.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53398E
RGB	rgb(83, 57, 142)
HSL	hsl(258, 43%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(258, 60%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 59.9%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.16, 32.09, -43.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.16, 53.93, 306.51°)
OKLab	oklab(42% 0.0547 -0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(42% 0.135 293.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.9116, 6.7180, 26.3604)
Luminance	0.0672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53398E #748E39

analogous

#394A8E #53398E #7E398E

triadic

#53398E #8E5339 #398E53

tetradic

#53398E #8E394A #748E39 #398E7E

square

#53398E #8E394A #748E39 #398E7E

split-complementary

#53398E #8E7E39 #4A8E39

monochromatic

#201637 #392762 #53398E #6D4DB7 #9178C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.96

#53398E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#53398E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #53398E

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53398E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##53398E	1.00	8.96	2.34	8.96
#FFFFFF	8.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#034A91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#10488C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#444B5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53398e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 57, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.135 293.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8870b0',
    500: '#53398e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53398e;
$custom-light: #8870b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53398e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.353,
    "s": 42.714,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42004,
    "c": 0.13492,
    "h": 293.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53398E

secondary

#9EB271

accent

#D255AC

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0ECF5

border

#CBC7CF

text

#0C0710

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #53398E

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

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