#5236A6#5236A6

#5236A6 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.170 H 288.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5236A6
RGB	rgb(82, 54, 166)
HSL	hsl(255, 51%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(255, 67%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 67.5%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.22, 40.72, -56.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.22, 69.42, 305.92°)
OKLab	oklab(43.33% 0.0546 -0.1612)
OKLCH	oklch(43.33% 0.17 288.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.6798, 7.1848, 36.8404)
Luminance	0.0718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 4.00

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5236A6 #8AA636

analogous

#3652A6 #5236A6 #8A36A6

triadic

#5236A6 #A65236 #36A652

tetradic

#5236A6 #A63652 #8AA636 #36A68A

square

#5236A6 #A63652 #8AA636 #36A68A

split-complementary

#5236A6 #A68A36 #52A636

monochromatic

#24184A #3B2778 #5236A6 #6F52C7 #9681D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.62

#5236A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#5236A6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5236A6

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5236A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5236A6	1.00	8.62	2.44	8.62
#FFFFFF	8.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#345269

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5236a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 54, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.170 288.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a6fc1',
    500: '#5236a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5236a6;
$custom-light: #8a6fc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5236a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 50.909,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43333,
    "c": 0.17023,
    "h": 288.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5236A6

secondary

#AEBF79

accent

#DA4DB7

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0D0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5236A6

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

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