#5231B9#5231B9

#5231B9 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.199 H 286.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5231B9
RGB	rgb(82, 49, 185)
HSL	hsl(255, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(255, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.7%, 73.5%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.90, 49.00, -66.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.90, 82.56, 306.41°)
OKLab	oklab(44.33% 0.0555 -0.1912)
OKLCH	oklch(44.33% 0.199 286.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.3323, 7.4925, 46.6332)
Luminance	0.0749 (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

#5231B9 #98B931

analogous

#3154B9 #5231B9 #9631B9

triadic

#5231B9 #B95231 #31B952

tetradic

#5231B9 #B93154 #98B931 #31B996

square

#5231B9 #B93154 #98B931 #31B996

split-complementary

#5231B9 #B99631 #54B931

monochromatic

#271758 #3D2489 #5231B9 #7355D2 #9B86DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.40

#5231B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#5231B9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5231B9

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5231B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5231B9	1.00	8.40	2.50	8.40
#FFFFFF	8.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#235672

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5231b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 49, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.199 286.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e6dcf',
    500: '#5231b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5231b9;
$custom-light: #8e6dcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5231b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.559,
    "s": 58.12,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44326,
    "c": 0.19908,
    "h": 286.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5231B9

secondary

#B6C87D

accent

#E146BC

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2ECF9

border

#CCC7D2

text

#0D0714

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5231B9

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

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