#5236B2#5236B2

#5236B2 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.185 H 286.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5236B2
RGB	rgb(82, 54, 178)
HSL	hsl(254, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(254, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.9%, 69.7%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.23, 44.29, -61.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.23, 75.99, 305.65°)
OKLab	oklab(44.37% 0.0527 -0.1775)
OKLCH	oklch(44.37% 0.185 286.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.8323, 7.6459, 42.9105)
Luminance	0.0765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5236B2 #96B236

analogous

#3658B2 #5236B2 #9036B2

triadic

#5236B2 #B25236 #36B252

tetradic

#5236B2 #B23658 #96B236 #36B290

square

#5236B2 #B23658 #96B236 #36B290

split-complementary

#5236B2 #B29036 #58B236

monochromatic

#271A54 #3C2883 #5236B2 #7359CD #9A88DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.30

#5236B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#5236B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5236B2

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5236B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5236B2	1.00	8.30	2.53	8.30
#FFFFFF	8.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A5670

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5236b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 54, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.185 286.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c6fca',
    500: '#5236b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5236b2;
$custom-light: #8c6fca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5236b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.548,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4437,
    "c": 0.18512,
    "h": 286.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5236B2

secondary

#B5C57F

accent

#DD4BBC

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5236B2

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

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