#5236A2#5236A2

#5236A2 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.165 H 289.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5236A2
RGB	rgb(82, 54, 162)
HSL	hsl(256, 50%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(256, 67%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 66.7%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.90, 39.53, -54.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.90, 67.20, 306.04°)
OKLab	oklab(43% 0.0552 -0.1557)
OKLCH	oklch(43% 0.165 289.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.3186, 7.0403, 34.9380)
Luminance	0.0704 (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

#5236A2 #86A236

analogous

#3650A2 #5236A2 #8836A2

triadic

#5236A2 #A25236 #36A252

tetradic

#5236A2 #A23650 #86A236 #36A288

square

#5236A2 #A23650 #86A236 #36A288

split-complementary

#5236A2 #A28836 #50A236

monochromatic

#241746 #3B2774 #5236A2 #6F50C5 #957ED4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.72

#5236A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#5236A2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5236A2

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5236A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5236A2	1.00	8.72	2.41	8.72
#FFFFFF	8.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.72	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: #5236a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 54, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.165 289.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a6fbe',
    500: '#5236a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5236a2;
$custom-light: #8a6fbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5236a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.556,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42996,
    "c": 0.16519,
    "h": 289.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5236A2

secondary

#ABBD77

accent

#DA4EB5

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF7

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5236A2

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

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