#5237A8#5237A8

#5237A8 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.171 H 288.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5237A8
RGB	rgb(82, 55, 168)
HSL	hsl(254, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(254, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 67.3%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.60, 40.75, -56.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.60, 69.91, 305.65°)
OKLab	oklab(43.65% 0.0534 -0.163)
OKLCH	oklch(43.65% 0.171 288.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.9117, 7.3528, 37.8298)
Luminance	0.0735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 3.62

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5237A8 #8DA837

analogous

#3754A8 #5237A8 #8A37A8

triadic

#5237A8 #A85237 #37A852

tetradic

#5237A8 #A83754 #8DA837 #37A88A

square

#5237A8 #A83754 #8DA837 #37A88A

split-complementary

#5237A8 #A88A37 #54A837

monochromatic

#25194C #3B287A #5237A8 #7055C7 #9783D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.50

#5237A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#5237A8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5237A8

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5237A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5237A8	1.00	8.50	2.47	8.50
#FFFFFF	8.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004AA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#33536B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5237a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 55, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.171 288.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b70c3',
    500: '#5237a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5237a8;
$custom-light: #8b70c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5237a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.336,
    "s": 50.673,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43652,
    "c": 0.17149,
    "h": 288.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5237A8

secondary

#AFC07B

accent

#DA4EB9

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5237A8

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

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