#5236AE#5236AE

#5236AE is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.180 H 287.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5236AE
RGB	rgb(82, 54, 174)
HSL	hsl(254, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(254, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 69%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.89, 43.10, -59.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.89, 73.81, 305.72°)
OKLab	oklab(44.02% 0.0534 -0.1721)
OKLCH	oklch(44.02% 0.18 287.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.4366, 7.4875, 40.8261)
Luminance	0.0749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 3.44

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5236AE #92AE36

analogous

#3656AE #5236AE #8E36AE

triadic

#5236AE #AE5236 #36AE52

tetradic

#5236AE #AE3656 #92AE36 #36AE8E

square

#5236AE #AE3656 #92AE36 #36AE8E

split-complementary

#5236AE #AE8E36 #56AE36

monochromatic

#261951 #3C287F #5236AE #7256CB #9985D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.41

#5236AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#5236AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5236AE

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5236AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5236AE	1.00	8.41	2.50	8.41
#FFFFFF	8.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004AAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E556E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5236ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 54, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.180 287.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c6fc7',
    500: '#5236ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5236ae;
$custom-light: #8c6fc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5236ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4402,
    "c": 0.1802,
    "h": 287.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5236AE

secondary

#B3C37D

accent

#DC4CBA

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5236AE

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

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