#5236D3#5236D3

#5236D3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 47.4% C 0.224 H 281.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5236D3
RGB	rgb(82, 54, 211)
HSL	hsl(251, 64%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(251, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 74.4%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.24, 54.04, -76.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.24, 93.38, 305.36°)
OKLab	oklab(47.42% 0.0458 -0.2196)
OKLCH	oklch(47.42% 0.224 281.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.5530, 9.1341, 62.5062)
Luminance	0.0914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.05

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5236D3 #B7D336

analogous

#3668D3 #5236D3 #A136D3

triadic

#5236D3 #D35236 #36D352

tetradic

#5236D3 #D33668 #B7D336 #36D3A1

square

#5236D3 #D33668 #B7D336 #36D3A1

split-complementary

#5236D3 #D3A136 #68D336

monochromatic

#2A1A75 #3C25A7 #5236D3 #7D68DE #A89AE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.43

#5236D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.83

#5236D3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5236D3

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5236D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5236D3	1.00	7.43	2.83	7.43
#FFFFFF	7.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005AD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0050D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006382

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5236d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 54, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.4% 0.224 281.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9271e2',
    500: '#5236d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5236d3;
$custom-light: #9271e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5236d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.701,
    "s": 64.082,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47419,
    "c": 0.22433,
    "h": 281.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5236D3

secondary

#C9D590

accent

#E741C9

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFC

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0E0816

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5236D3

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

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