#5233AA#5233AA

#5233AA is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.179 H 288.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5233AA
RGB	rgb(82, 51, 170)
HSL	hsl(256, 54%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(256, 70%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.8%, 70%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.95, 43.57, -59.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.95, 73.40, 306.41°)
OKLab	oklab(43.24% 0.0569 -0.1696)
OKLCH	oklch(43.24% 0.179 288.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.9171, 7.0632, 38.7578)
Luminance	0.0706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 4.33

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5233AA #8BAA33

analogous

#334FAA #5233AA #8D33AA

triadic

#5233AA #AA5233 #33AA52

tetradic

#5233AA #AA334F #8BAA33 #33AA8D

square

#5233AA #AA334F #8BAA33 #33AA8D

split-complementary

#5233AA #AA8D33 #4FAA33

monochromatic

#25174C #3B257B #5233AA #7050CA #967FD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.70

#5233AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#5233AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5233AA

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5233AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5233AA	1.00	8.70	2.41	8.70
#FFFFFF	8.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32526A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5233aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 51, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.179 288.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b6dc4',
    500: '#5233aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5233aa;
$custom-light: #8b6dc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5233aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.63,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4324,
    "c": 0.17887,
    "h": 288.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5233AA

secondary

#AEC277

accent

#DD4BB7

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5233AA

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

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