#5235A2#5235A2

#5235A2 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.166 H 289.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5235A2
RGB	rgb(82, 53, 162)
HSL	hsl(256, 51%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(256, 67%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 67.3%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.69, 40.10, -54.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.69, 67.81, 306.26°)
OKLab	oklab(42.85% 0.0562 -0.1567)
OKLCH	oklch(42.85% 0.166 289.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.2725, 6.9482, 34.9226)
Luminance	0.0695 (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

#5235A2 #85A235

analogous

#354FA2 #5235A2 #8935A2

triadic

#5235A2 #A25235 #35A252

tetradic

#5235A2 #A2354F #85A235 #35A289

square

#5235A2 #A2354F #85A235 #35A289

split-complementary

#5235A2 #A28935 #4FA235

monochromatic

#231746 #3B2674 #5235A2 #6E4FC5 #947DD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.79

#5235A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#5235A2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5235A2

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5235A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5235A2	1.00	8.79	2.39	8.79
#FFFFFF	8.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#375067

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5235a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 53, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.166 289.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a6ebe',
    500: '#5235a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5235a2;
$custom-light: #8a6ebe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5235a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.963,
    "s": 50.698,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42845,
    "c": 0.16648,
    "h": 289.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5235A2

secondary

#AABD75

accent

#DA4EB5

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF7

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5235A2

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

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