#5236AA#5236AA

#5236AA is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.175 H 288.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5236AA
RGB	rgb(82, 54, 170)
HSL	hsl(254, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(254, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.8%, 68.2%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.56, 41.91, -58.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.56, 71.62, 305.81°)
OKLab	oklab(43.67% 0.054 -0.1667)
OKLCH	oklch(43.67% 0.175 288)
XYZ	xyz(12.0524, 7.3339, 38.8029)
Luminance	0.0733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 3.68

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5236AA #8EAA36

analogous

#3654AA #5236AA #8C36AA

triadic

#5236AA #AA5236 #36AA52

tetradic

#5236AA #AA3654 #8EAA36 #36AA8C

square

#5236AA #AA3654 #8EAA36 #36AA8C

split-complementary

#5236AA #AA8C36 #54AA36

monochromatic

#25184D #3C277C #5236AA #7054C9 #9783D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.51

#5236AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#5236AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5236AA

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5236AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5236AA	1.00	8.51	2.47	8.51
#FFFFFF	8.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31536B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5236aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 54, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.175 288.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b6fc4',
    500: '#5236aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5236aa;
$custom-light: #8b6fc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5236aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.483,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43674,
    "c": 0.17524,
    "h": 288
  },
  "luminance": 0.07334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5236AA

secondary

#B0C17B

accent

#DB4DB9

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5236AA

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

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