#5236A7#5236A7

#5236A7 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.172 H 288.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5236A7
RGB	rgb(82, 54, 167)
HSL	hsl(255, 51%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(255, 68%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 67.7%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.31, 41.02, -56.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.31, 69.97, 305.89°)
OKLab	oklab(43.42% 0.0545 -0.1626)
OKLCH	oklch(43.42% 0.172 288.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.7719, 7.2217, 37.3254)
Luminance	0.0722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 3.91

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5236A7 #8BA736

analogous

#3652A7 #5236A7 #8A36A7

triadic

#5236A7 #A75236 #36A752

tetradic

#5236A7 #A73652 #8BA736 #36A78A

square

#5236A7 #A73652 #8BA736 #36A78A

split-complementary

#5236A7 #A78A36 #52A736

monochromatic

#25184B #3B2779 #5236A7 #7053C7 #9681D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.59

#5236A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#5236A7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5236A7

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5236A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5236A7	1.00	8.59	2.44	8.59
#FFFFFF	8.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#34526A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5236a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 54, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.172 288.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a6fc2',
    500: '#5236a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5236a7;
$custom-light: #8a6fc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5236a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.867,
    "s": 51.131,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43417,
    "c": 0.1715,
    "h": 288.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5236A7

secondary

#AEC079

accent

#DB4DB8

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0D0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5236A7

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

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