#5236A8#5236A8

#5236A8 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.173 H 288.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5236A8
RGB	rgb(82, 54, 168)
HSL	hsl(255, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(255, 68%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 67.9%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.39, 41.31, -57.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.39, 70.52, 305.86°)
OKLab	oklab(43.5% 0.0543 -0.164)
OKLCH	oklch(43.5% 0.173 288.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.8647, 7.2588, 37.8141)
Luminance	0.0726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 3.83

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5236A8 #8CA836

analogous

#3653A8 #5236A8 #8B36A8

triadic

#5236A8 #A85236 #36A852

tetradic

#5236A8 #A83653 #8CA836 #36A88B

square

#5236A8 #A83653 #8CA836 #36A88B

split-complementary

#5236A8 #A88B36 #53A836

monochromatic

#25184B #3B277A #5236A8 #7053C8 #9782D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.57

#5236A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#5236A8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5236A8

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5236A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5236A8	1.00	8.57	2.45	8.57
#FFFFFF	8.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#33536A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5236a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 54, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.173 288.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b6fc3',
    500: '#5236a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5236a8;
$custom-light: #8b6fc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5236a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.737,
    "s": 51.351,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43502,
    "c": 0.17274,
    "h": 288.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5236A8

secondary

#AFC07A

accent

#DB4DB8

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5236A8

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

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