#5231B8#5231B8

#5231B8 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.198 H 286.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5231B8
RGB	rgb(82, 49, 184)
HSL	hsl(255, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(255, 73%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.4%, 73.4%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.81, 48.71, -66.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.81, 82.03, 306.43°)
OKLab	oklab(44.23% 0.0557 -0.1899)
OKLCH	oklch(44.23% 0.198 286.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.2271, 7.4504, 46.0792)
Luminance	0.0745 (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

#5231B8 #97B831

analogous

#3153B8 #5231B8 #9531B8

triadic

#5231B8 #B85231 #31B852

tetradic

#5231B8 #B83153 #97B831 #31B895

square

#5231B8 #B83153 #97B831 #31B895

split-complementary

#5231B8 #B89531 #53B831

monochromatic

#271757 #3C2488 #5231B8 #7355D2 #9B85DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.43

#5231B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#5231B8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5231B8

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5231B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5231B8	1.00	8.43	2.49	8.43
#FFFFFF	8.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#245672

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5231b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 49, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.198 286.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d6dce',
    500: '#5231b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5231b8;
$custom-light: #8d6dce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5231b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.667,
    "s": 57.94,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44233,
    "c": 0.19791,
    "h": 286.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5231B8

secondary

#B6C87D

accent

#E147BB

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2ECF9

border

#CCC7D2

text

#0D0714

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5231B8

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

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