#53399B#53399B

#53399B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.152 H 290.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53399B
RGB	rgb(83, 57, 155)
HSL	hsl(256, 46%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(256, 63%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 63.2%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.10, 35.91, -49.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.10, 61.37, 305.82°)
OKLab	oklab(43% 0.0541 -0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(43% 0.152 290.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.9451, 7.1314, 31.8038)
Luminance	0.0713 (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

#53399B #819B39

analogous

#39509B #53399B #84399B

triadic

#53399B #9B5339 #399B53

tetradic

#53399B #9B3950 #819B39 #399B84

square

#53399B #9B3950 #819B39 #399B84

split-complementary

#53399B #9B8439 #509B39

monochromatic

#231842 #3B296E #53399B #6F52BF #947FD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.65

#53399B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#53399B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #53399B

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53399B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##53399B	1.00	8.65	2.43	8.65
#FFFFFF	8.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004D9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004999

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D5064

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53399b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 57, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.152 290.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8971b9',
    500: '#53399b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53399b;
$custom-light: #8971b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53399b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.918,
    "s": 46.226,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42998,
    "c": 0.15214,
    "h": 290.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53399B

secondary

#A8B977

accent

#D652B3

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0812

muted

#7D7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #53399B

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

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