#5231BE#5231BE

#5231BE is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.205 H 285.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5231BE
RGB	rgb(82, 49, 190)
HSL	hsl(254, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(254, 74%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.8%, 74.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.37, 50.45, -68.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.37, 85.18, 306.32°)
OKLab	oklab(44.79% 0.0543 -0.1976)
OKLCH	oklch(44.79% 0.205 285.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.8694, 7.7074, 49.4620)
Luminance	0.0771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 2.75

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5231BE #9DBE31

analogous

#3156BE #5231BE #9931BE

triadic

#5231BE #BE5231 #31BE52

tetradic

#5231BE #BE3156 #9DBE31 #31BE99

square

#5231BE #BE3156 #9DBE31 #31BE99

split-complementary

#5231BE #BE9931 #56BE31

monochromatic

#28185D #3D248D #5231BE #7558D4 #9D89E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.26

#5231BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#5231BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5231BE

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5231BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5231BE	1.00	8.26	2.54	8.26
#FFFFFF	8.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004ABB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C5875

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5231be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 49, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.205 285.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e6dd3',
    500: '#5231be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5231be;
$custom-light: #8e6dd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5231be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.043,
    "s": 58.996,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44793,
    "c": 0.20493,
    "h": 285.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5231BE

secondary

#B9CA80

accent

#E246BE

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2ECFA

border

#CCC7D3

text

#0E0714

muted

#7E7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5231BE

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

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