#5227B2#5227B2

#5227B2 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.201 H 288.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5227B2
RGB	rgb(82, 39, 178)
HSL	hsl(259, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(259, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.9%, 78.1%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.54, 51.88, -66.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.54, 84.08, 308.10°)
OKLab	oklab(42.47% 0.0648 -0.1903)
OKLCH	oklch(42.47% 0.201 288.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.2387, 6.4586, 42.7126)
Luminance	0.0646 (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

#5227B2 #87B227

analogous

#2742B2 #5227B2 #9727B2

triadic

#5227B2 #B25227 #27B252

tetradic

#5227B2 #B22742 #87B227 #27B297

square

#5227B2 #B22742 #87B227 #27B297

split-complementary

#5227B2 #B29727 #42B227

monochromatic

#24114E #3B1C80 #5227B2 #6F41D5 #9573E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.16

#5227B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#5227B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5227B2

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5227B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5227B2	1.00	9.16	2.29	9.16
#FFFFFF	9.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C4F6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5227b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 39, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.201 288.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d67ca',
    500: '#5227b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5227b2;
$custom-light: #8d67ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5227b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.561,
    "s": 64.055,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42468,
    "c": 0.20104,
    "h": 288.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5227B2

secondary

#ACC86D

accent

#E741B4

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF9

border

#CCC6D2

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5227B2

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

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