#5231A5#5231A5

#5231A5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.175 H 289.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5231A5
RGB	rgb(82, 49, 165)
HSL	hsl(257, 54%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(257, 70%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 70.3%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.13, 43.20, -57.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.13, 71.84, 306.97°)
OKLab	oklab(42.52% 0.0597 -0.1647)
OKLCH	oklch(42.52% 0.175 289.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.3676, 6.7066, 36.2856)
Luminance	0.0671 (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

#5231A5 #84A531

analogous

#314AA5 #5231A5 #8C31A5

triadic

#5231A5 #A55231 #31A552

tetradic

#5231A5 #A5314A #84A531 #31A58C

square

#5231A5 #A5314A #84A531 #31A58C

split-complementary

#5231A5 #A58C31 #4AA531

monochromatic

#231547 #3B2376 #5231A5 #6E4AC9 #9479D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.97

#5231A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#5231A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5231A5

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5231A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5231A5	1.00	8.97	2.34	8.97
#FFFFFF	8.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#364F67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5231a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 49, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.175 289.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b6cc1',
    500: '#5231a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5231a5;
$custom-light: #8b6cc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5231a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.069,
    "s": 54.206,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42522,
    "c": 0.17518,
    "h": 289.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5231A5

secondary

#AAC072

accent

#DE4AB4

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5231A5

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

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