#5231C9#5231C9

#5231C9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 45.8% C 0.218 H 283.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5231C9
RGB	rgb(82, 49, 201)
HSL	hsl(253, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(253, 76%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 75.6%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.41, 53.62, -73.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.41, 90.87, 306.16°)
OKLab	oklab(45.84% 0.0515 -0.2114)
OKLCH	oklch(45.84% 0.218 283.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.1174, 8.2065, 56.0344)
Luminance	0.0821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.85

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5231C9 #A8C931

analogous

#315CC9 #5231C9 #9E31C9

triadic

#5231C9 #C95231 #31C952

tetradic

#5231C9 #C9315C #A8C931 #31C99E

square

#5231C9 #C9315C #A8C931 #31C99E

split-complementary

#5231C9 #C99E31 #5CC931

monochromatic

#2A1967 #3E2598 #5231C9 #795FD8 #A390E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.95

#5231C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.64

#5231C9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5231C9

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5231C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5231C9	1.00	7.95	2.64	7.95
#FFFFFF	7.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0055CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5231c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 49, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.8% 0.218 283.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#906ddb',
    500: '#5231c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5231c9;
$custom-light: #906ddb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5231c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.026,
    "s": 60.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45843,
    "c": 0.21762,
    "h": 283.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5231C9

secondary

#BFCF87

accent

#E444C1

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2ECFB

border

#CCC7D4

text

#0E0715

muted

#7E7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5231C9

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

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