#5236A4#5236A4

#5236A4 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.168 H 289.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5236A4
RGB	rgb(82, 54, 164)
HSL	hsl(255, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(255, 67%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 67.1%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.06, 40.13, -55.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.06, 68.31, 305.97°)
OKLab	oklab(43.16% 0.0549 -0.1585)
OKLCH	oklch(43.16% 0.168 289.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.4977, 7.1120, 35.8817)
Luminance	0.0711 (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

#5236A4 #88A436

analogous

#3651A4 #5236A4 #8936A4

triadic

#5236A4 #A45236 #36A452

tetradic

#5236A4 #A43651 #88A436 #36A489

square

#5236A4 #A43651 #88A436 #36A489

split-complementary

#5236A4 #A48936 #51A436

monochromatic

#241848 #3B2776 #5236A4 #6F51C6 #957FD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.67

#5236A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#5236A4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5236A4

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5236A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5236A4	1.00	8.67	2.42	8.67
#FFFFFF	8.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#365168

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5236a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 54, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.168 289.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a6fc0',
    500: '#5236a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5236a4;
$custom-light: #8a6fc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5236a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.273,
    "s": 50.459,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43164,
    "c": 0.16772,
    "h": 289.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5236A4

secondary

#ACBE78

accent

#DA4EB6

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF7

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5236A4

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

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