#5231AA#5231AA

#5231AA is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.181 H 288.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5231AA
RGB	rgb(82, 49, 170)
HSL	hsl(256, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(256, 71%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.8%, 71.2%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.56, 44.65, -59.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.56, 74.56, 306.79°)
OKLab	oklab(42.96% 0.0587 -0.1715)
OKLCH	oklch(42.96% 0.181 288.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.8316, 6.8922, 38.7293)
Luminance	0.0689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 4.76

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5231AA #89AA31

analogous

#314CAA #5231AA #8F31AA

triadic

#5231AA #AA5231 #31AA52

tetradic

#5231AA #AA314C #89AA31 #31AA8F

square

#5231AA #AA314C #89AA31 #31AA8F

split-complementary

#5231AA #AA8F31 #4CAA31

monochromatic

#24164B #3B237A #5231AA #6F4DCC #967CD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.83

#5231AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#5231AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5231AA

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5231AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5231AA	1.00	8.83	2.38	8.83
#FFFFFF	8.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32516A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5231aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 49, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.181 288.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b6cc4',
    500: '#5231aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5231aa;
$custom-light: #8b6cc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5231aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.364,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42962,
    "c": 0.18123,
    "h": 288.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5231AA

secondary

#ADC275

accent

#DF49B6

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5231AA

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

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