#5237A3#5237A3

#5237A3 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.165 H 289.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5237A3
RGB	rgb(82, 55, 163)
HSL	hsl(255, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(255, 66%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 66.3%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.19, 39.26, -54.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.19, 67.14, 305.78°)
OKLab	oklab(43.23% 0.054 -0.1561)
OKLCH	oklch(43.23% 0.165 289.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.4548, 7.1701, 35.4236)
Luminance	0.0717 (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

#5237A3 #88A337

analogous

#3752A3 #5237A3 #8837A3

triadic

#5237A3 #A35237 #37A352

tetradic

#5237A3 #A33752 #88A337 #37A388

square

#5237A3 #A33752 #88A337 #37A388

split-complementary

#5237A3 #A38837 #52A337

monochromatic

#241847 #3B2875 #5237A3 #6F52C5 #9580D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.63

#5237A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#5237A3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5237A3

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5237A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5237A3	1.00	8.63	2.43	8.63
#FFFFFF	8.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#365168

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5237a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 55, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.165 289.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a6fbf',
    500: '#5237a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5237a3;
$custom-light: #8a6fbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5237a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 49.541,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43233,
    "c": 0.16516,
    "h": 289.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5237A3

secondary

#ACBE78

accent

#D94FB6

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF7

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5237A3

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

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