#5237B3#5237B3

#5237B3 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.185 H 286.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5237B3
RGB	rgb(82, 55, 179)
HSL	hsl(253, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(253, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.2%, 69.3%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.52, 44.03, -61.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.52, 75.94, 305.44°)
OKLab	oklab(44.6% 0.0516 -0.1778)
OKLCH	oklch(44.6% 0.185 286.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.9801, 7.7802, 43.4569)
Luminance	0.0778 (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

#5237B3 #98B337

analogous

#375AB3 #5237B3 #9037B3

triadic

#5237B3 #B35237 #37B352

tetradic

#5237B3 #B3375A #98B337 #37B390

square

#5237B3 #B3375A #98B337 #37B390

split-complementary

#5237B3 #B39037 #5AB337

monochromatic

#271A55 #3D2984 #5237B3 #735BCD #9B8ADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.22

#5237B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#5237B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5237B3

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5237B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5237B3	1.00	8.22	2.56	8.22
#FFFFFF	8.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#295771

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5237b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 55, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.185 286.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c70cb',
    500: '#5237b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5237b3;
$custom-light: #8c70cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5237b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.065,
    "s": 52.991,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44602,
    "c": 0.18518,
    "h": 286.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5237B3

secondary

#B6C581

accent

#DC4BBD

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1ECF9

border

#CBC7D2

text

#0D0813

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5237B3

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

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