#5236A9#5236A9

#5236A9 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.174 H 288.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5236A9
RGB	rgb(82, 54, 169)
HSL	hsl(255, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(255, 68%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 68%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.47, 41.61, -57.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.47, 71.07, 305.84°)
OKLab	oklab(43.59% 0.0542 -0.1653)
OKLCH	oklch(43.59% 0.174 288.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.9582, 7.2962, 38.3066)
Luminance	0.0730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 3.76

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5236A9 #8DA936

analogous

#3653A9 #5236A9 #8B36A9

triadic

#5236A9 #A95236 #36A952

tetradic

#5236A9 #A93653 #8DA936 #36A98B

square

#5236A9 #A93653 #8DA936 #36A98B

split-complementary

#5236A9 #A98B36 #53A936

monochromatic

#25184C #3B277B #5236A9 #7054C8 #9782D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.54

#5236A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#5236A9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5236A9

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5236A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5236A9	1.00	8.54	2.46	8.54
#FFFFFF	8.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32536B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5236a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 54, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.174 288.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b6fc3',
    500: '#5236a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5236a9;
$custom-light: #8b6fc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5236a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.609,
    "s": 51.57,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43588,
    "c": 0.17399,
    "h": 288.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5236A9

secondary

#AFC17A

accent

#DB4DB8

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5236A9

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

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