#53399E#53399E

#53399E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.156 H 290.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53399E
RGB	rgb(83, 57, 158)
HSL	hsl(255, 47%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(255, 64%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 63.9%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.33, 36.80, -51.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.33, 63.06, 305.70°)
OKLab	oklab(43.24% 0.0538 -0.1465)
OKLCH	oklch(43.24% 0.156 290.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.2002, 7.2335, 33.1472)
Luminance	0.0723 (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

#53399E #849E39

analogous

#39519E #53399E #86399E

triadic

#53399E #9E5339 #399E53

tetradic

#53399E #9E3951 #849E39 #399E86

square

#53399E #9E3951 #849E39 #399E86

split-complementary

#53399E #9E8639 #519E39

monochromatic

#241944 #3B2971 #53399E #6F53C1 #9580D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.58

#53399E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#53399E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #53399E

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53399E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##53399E	1.00	8.58	2.45	8.58
#FFFFFF	8.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004A9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B5166

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53399e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 57, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.156 290.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a71bb',
    500: '#53399e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53399e;
$custom-light: #8a71bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53399e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.446,
    "s": 46.977,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43236,
    "c": 0.15605,
    "h": 290.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53399E

secondary

#AABB78

accent

#D751B4

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0812

muted

#7D7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #53399E

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →