#5236A5#5236A5

#5236A5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.169 H 288.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5236A5
RGB	rgb(82, 54, 165)
HSL	hsl(255, 51%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(255, 67%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 67.3%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.14, 40.42, -55.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.14, 68.86, 305.94°)
OKLab	oklab(43.25% 0.0548 -0.1599)
OKLCH	oklch(43.25% 0.169 288.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.5884, 7.1483, 36.3592)
Luminance	0.0715 (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

#5236A5 #89A536

analogous

#3651A5 #5236A5 #8936A5

triadic

#5236A5 #A55236 #36A552

tetradic

#5236A5 #A53651 #89A536 #36A589

square

#5236A5 #A53651 #89A536 #36A589

split-complementary

#5236A5 #A58936 #51A536

monochromatic

#241849 #3B2777 #5236A5 #6F52C6 #9680D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.64

#5236A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#5236A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5236A5

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5236A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5236A5	1.00	8.64	2.43	8.64
#FFFFFF	8.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#355169

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5236a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 54, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.169 288.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a6fc1',
    500: '#5236a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5236a5;
$custom-light: #8a6fc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5236a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.135,
    "s": 50.685,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43248,
    "c": 0.16898,
    "h": 288.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5236A5

secondary

#ADBF78

accent

#DA4EB7

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0D0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5236A5

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

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