#5231A3#5231A3

#5231A3 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.173 H 290.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5231A3
RGB	rgb(82, 49, 163)
HSL	hsl(257, 54%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(257, 70%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 69.9%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.96, 42.62, -56.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.96, 70.75, 307.04°)
OKLab	oklab(42.35% 0.06 -0.162)
OKLCH	oklch(42.35% 0.173 290.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.1870, 6.6344, 35.3343)
Luminance	0.0664 (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

#5231A3 #82A331

analogous

#3149A3 #5231A3 #8B31A3

triadic

#5231A3 #A35231 #31A352

tetradic

#5231A3 #A33149 #82A331 #31A38B

square

#5231A3 #A33149 #82A331 #31A38B

split-complementary

#5231A3 #A38B31 #49A331

monochromatic

#231545 #3A2374 #5231A3 #6E49C8 #9378D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.02

#5231A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#5231A3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5231A3

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5231A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5231A3	1.00	9.02	2.33	9.02
#FFFFFF	9.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0046A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#374E66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5231a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 49, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.173 290.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a6cbf',
    500: '#5231a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5231a3;
$custom-light: #8a6cbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5231a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.368,
    "s": 53.774,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42348,
    "c": 0.17274,
    "h": 290.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5231A3

secondary

#A8BF71

accent

#DD4BB3

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5231A3

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

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