#5231B5#5231B5

#5231B5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.194 H 286.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5231B5
RGB	rgb(82, 49, 181)
HSL	hsl(255, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(255, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 72.9%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.54, 47.84, -64.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.54, 80.44, 306.50°)
OKLab	oklab(43.96% 0.0564 -0.186)
OKLCH	oklch(43.96% 0.194 286.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.9160, 7.3260, 44.4406)
Luminance	0.0733 (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

#5231B5 #94B531

analogous

#3152B5 #5231B5 #9431B5

triadic

#5231B5 #B55231 #31B552

tetradic

#5231B5 #B53152 #94B531 #31B594

square

#5231B5 #B53152 #94B531 #31B594

split-complementary

#5231B5 #B59431 #52B531

monochromatic

#261755 #3C2485 #5231B5 #7253D0 #9A83DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.52

#5231B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#5231B5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5231B5

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5231B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5231B5	1.00	8.52	2.47	8.52
#FFFFFF	8.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#285570

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5231b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 49, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.194 286.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d6ccc',
    500: '#5231b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5231b5;
$custom-light: #8d6ccc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5231b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 57.391,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43956,
    "c": 0.19437,
    "h": 286.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5231B5

secondary

#B4C77B

accent

#E147BA

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1ECF9

border

#CBC7D2

text

#0D0714

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5231B5

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

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