#5236A0#5236A0

#5236A0 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.163 H 289.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5236A0
RGB	rgb(82, 54, 160)
HSL	hsl(256, 50%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(256, 66%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.8%, 66.3%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.74, 38.94, -53.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.74, 66.08, 306.10°)
OKLab	oklab(42.83% 0.0554 -0.1529)
OKLCH	oklch(42.83% 0.163 289.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.1422, 6.9698, 34.0091)
Luminance	0.0697 (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

#5236A0 #84A036

analogous

#364FA0 #5236A0 #8736A0

triadic

#5236A0 #A05236 #36A052

tetradic

#5236A0 #A0364F #84A036 #36A087

square

#5236A0 #A0364F #84A036 #36A087

split-complementary

#5236A0 #A08736 #4FA036

monochromatic

#231744 #3B2772 #5236A0 #6E4FC4 #947DD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.77

#5236A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#5236A0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5236A0

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5236A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5236A0	1.00	8.77	2.39	8.77
#FFFFFF	8.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00489E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#395066

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5236a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 54, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.163 289.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896fbd',
    500: '#5236a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5236a0;
$custom-light: #896fbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5236a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.849,
    "s": 49.533,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4283,
    "c": 0.16265,
    "h": 289.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5236A0

secondary

#AABC75

accent

#D94FB5

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF7

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5236A0

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

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