#5237AE#5237AE

#5237AE is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.179 H 287.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5237AE
RGB	rgb(82, 55, 174)
HSL	hsl(254, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(254, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 68.4%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.10, 42.54, -59.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.10, 73.21, 305.52°)
OKLab	oklab(44.17% 0.0525 -0.1711)
OKLCH	oklch(44.17% 0.179 287)
XYZ	xyz(12.4836, 7.5816, 40.8418)
Luminance	0.0758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 3.21

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5237AE #93AE37

analogous

#3758AE #5237AE #8D37AE

triadic

#5237AE #AE5237 #37AE52

tetradic

#5237AE #AE3758 #93AE37 #37AE8D

square

#5237AE #AE3758 #93AE37 #37AE8D

split-complementary

#5237AE #AE8D37 #58AE37

monochromatic

#261A51 #3C287F #5237AE #7258CA #9986D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.35

#5237AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#5237AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5237AE

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5237AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5237AE	1.00	8.35	2.52	8.35
#FFFFFF	8.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004AAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E556E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5237ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 55, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.179 287.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b70c7',
    500: '#5237ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5237ae;
$custom-light: #8b70c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5237ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.613,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44166,
    "c": 0.17899,
    "h": 287
  },
  "luminance": 0.07582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5237AE

secondary

#B3C37E

accent

#DB4CBB

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5237AE

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

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