#5237A2#5237A2

#5237A2 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.164 H 289.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5237A2
RGB	rgb(82, 55, 162)
HSL	hsl(255, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(255, 66%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 66%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.11, 38.96, -53.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.11, 66.58, 305.81°)
OKLab	oklab(43.15% 0.0541 -0.1547)
OKLCH	oklch(43.15% 0.164 289.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.3656, 7.1344, 34.9536)
Luminance	0.0713 (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

#5237A2 #87A237

analogous

#3752A2 #5237A2 #8737A2

triadic

#5237A2 #A25237 #37A252

tetradic

#5237A2 #A23752 #87A237 #37A287

square

#5237A2 #A23752 #87A237 #37A287

split-complementary

#5237A2 #A28737 #52A237

monochromatic

#241847 #3B2774 #5237A2 #6F52C4 #9580D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.65

#5237A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#5237A2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5237A2

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5237A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5237A2	1.00	8.65	2.43	8.65
#FFFFFF	8.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#375167

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5237a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 55, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.164 289.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a6fbe',
    500: '#5237a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5237a2;
$custom-light: #8a6fbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5237a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.14,
    "s": 49.309,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4315,
    "c": 0.16389,
    "h": 289.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5237A2

secondary

#ACBD78

accent

#D94FB6

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF7

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5237A2

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

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