#5237AC#5237AC

#5237AC is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.176 H 287.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5237AC
RGB	rgb(82, 55, 172)
HSL	hsl(254, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(254, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.3%, 68%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.93, 41.94, -58.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.93, 72.12, 305.56°)
OKLab	oklab(43.99% 0.0528 -0.1684)
OKLCH	oklch(43.99% 0.177 287.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.2901, 7.5042, 39.8226)
Luminance	0.0751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 3.33

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5237AC #91AC37

analogous

#3757AC #5237AC #8D37AC

triadic

#5237AC #AC5237 #37AC52

tetradic

#5237AC #AC3757 #91AC37 #37AC8D

square

#5237AC #AC3757 #91AC37 #37AC8D

split-complementary

#5237AC #AC8D37 #57AC37

monochromatic

#26194F #3C287E #5237AC #7157C9 #9885D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.40

#5237AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#5237AC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5237AC

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5237AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5237AC	1.00	8.40	2.50	8.40
#FFFFFF	8.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004AAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30556D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5237ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 55, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.176 287.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b70c6',
    500: '#5237ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5237ac;
$custom-light: #8b70c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5237ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.846,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43993,
    "c": 0.1765,
    "h": 287.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5237AC

secondary

#B2C27D

accent

#DB4DBA

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5237AC

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

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