#5237C3#5237C3

#5237C3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 46.0% C 0.205 H 283.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5237C3
RGB	rgb(82, 55, 195)
HSL	hsl(252, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(252, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 71.8%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.93, 48.80, -68.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.93, 84.51, 305.27°)
OKLab	oklab(46.04% 0.0486 -0.1987)
OKLCH	oklch(46.04% 0.205 283.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.6932, 8.4654, 52.4789)
Luminance	0.0847 (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

#5237C3 #A8C337

analogous

#3762C3 #5237C3 #9837C3

triadic

#5237C3 #C35237 #37C352

tetradic

#5237C3 #C33762 #A8C337 #37C398

square

#5237C3 #C33762 #A8C337 #37C398

split-complementary

#5237C3 #C39837 #62C337

monochromatic

#2A1C64 #3E2A93 #5237C3 #7964D3 #A394E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.80

#5237C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#5237C3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5237C3

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5237C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5237C3	1.00	7.80	2.69	7.80
#FFFFFF	7.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0056C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004EC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#115D79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5237c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 55, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.0% 0.205 283.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f71d6',
    500: '#5237c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5237c3;
$custom-light: #8f71d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5237c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.571,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46043,
    "c": 0.20456,
    "h": 283.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5237C3

secondary

#BFCC8A

accent

#DF49C2

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2ECFA

border

#CCC7D3

text

#0E0814

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5237C3

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

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