#5231A7#5231A7

#5231A7 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.178 H 289.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5231A7
RGB	rgb(82, 49, 167)
HSL	hsl(257, 55%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(257, 71%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 70.7%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.30, 43.78, -58.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.30, 72.93, 306.89°)
OKLab	oklab(42.7% 0.0593 -0.1674)
OKLCH	oklch(42.7% 0.178 289.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.5510, 6.7800, 37.2518)
Luminance	0.0678 (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

#5231A7 #86A731

analogous

#314BA7 #5231A7 #8D31A7

triadic

#5231A7 #A75231 #31A752

tetradic

#5231A7 #A7314B #86A731 #31A78D

square

#5231A7 #A7314B #86A731 #31A78D

split-complementary

#5231A7 #A78D31 #4BA731

monochromatic

#241548 #3B2378 #5231A7 #6F4BCA #957AD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.91

#5231A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#5231A7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5231A7

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5231A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5231A7	1.00	8.91	2.36	8.91
#FFFFFF	8.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#344F68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5231a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 49, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.178 289.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b6cc2',
    500: '#5231a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5231a7;
$custom-light: #8b6cc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5231a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.78,
    "s": 54.63,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42697,
    "c": 0.1776,
    "h": 289.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5231A7

secondary

#ABC173

accent

#DE4AB5

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0712

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5231A7

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

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