#5237A4#5237A4

#5237A4 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.166 H 288.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5237A4
RGB	rgb(82, 55, 164)
HSL	hsl(255, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(255, 66%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 66.5%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.27, 39.55, -54.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.27, 67.70, 305.75°)
OKLab	oklab(43.32% 0.0539 -0.1575)
OKLCH	oklch(43.32% 0.166 288.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.5448, 7.2061, 35.8974)
Luminance	0.0721 (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

#5237A4 #89A437

analogous

#3753A4 #5237A4 #8837A4

triadic

#5237A4 #A45237 #37A452

tetradic

#5237A4 #A43753 #89A437 #37A488

square

#5237A4 #A43753 #89A437 #37A488

split-complementary

#5237A4 #A48837 #53A437

monochromatic

#241848 #3B2876 #5237A4 #6F53C5 #9681D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.60

#5237A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#5237A4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5237A4

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5237A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5237A4	1.00	8.60	2.44	8.60
#FFFFFF	8.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#365268

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5237a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 55, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.166 288.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a6fc0',
    500: '#5237a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5237a4;
$custom-light: #8a6fc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5237a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.862,
    "s": 49.772,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43316,
    "c": 0.16644,
    "h": 288.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5237A4

secondary

#ADBE79

accent

#D94FB7

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF7

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5237A4

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

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