#5237B4#5237B4

#5237B4 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.186 H 286.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5237B4
RGB	rgb(82, 55, 180)
HSL	hsl(253, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(253, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 69.4%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.61, 44.33, -62.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.61, 76.48, 305.42°)
OKLab	oklab(44.69% 0.0515 -0.1792)
OKLCH	oklch(44.69% 0.186 286)
XYZ	xyz(13.0816, 7.8208, 43.9914)
Luminance	0.0782 (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

#5237B4 #99B437

analogous

#375AB4 #5237B4 #9037B4

triadic

#5237B4 #B45237 #37B452

tetradic

#5237B4 #B4375A #99B437 #37B490

square

#5237B4 #B4375A #99B437 #37B490

split-complementary

#5237B4 #B49037 #5AB437

monochromatic

#271A56 #3D2985 #5237B4 #745BCD #9C8ADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.19

#5237B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#5237B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5237B4

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5237B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5237B4	1.00	8.19	2.56	8.19
#FFFFFF	8.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#285771

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5237b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 55, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.186 286.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c70cb',
    500: '#5237b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5237b4;
$custom-light: #8c70cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5237b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.96,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4469,
    "c": 0.18641,
    "h": 286
  },
  "luminance": 0.07822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5237B4

secondary

#B7C681

accent

#DD4BBD

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1ECF9

border

#CBC7D2

text

#0D0813

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5237B4

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

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