#5237D1#5237D1

#5237D1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 47.4% C 0.221 H 281.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5237D1
RGB	rgb(82, 55, 209)
HSL	hsl(251, 63%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(251, 74%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 73.7%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.23, 52.95, -75.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.23, 91.82, 305.22°)
OKLab	oklab(47.35% 0.0456 -0.2163)
OKLCH	oklch(47.35% 0.221 281.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.3509, 9.1285, 61.2096)
Luminance	0.0913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 0.79

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5237D1 #B6D137

analogous

#3769D1 #5237D1 #9F37D1

triadic

#5237D1 #D15237 #37D152

tetradic

#5237D1 #D13769 #B6D137 #37D19F

square

#5237D1 #D13769 #B6D137 #37D19F

split-complementary

#5237D1 #D19F37 #69D137

monochromatic

#2A1A73 #3C26A5 #5237D1 #7D69DC #A89BE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.43

#5237D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.83

#5237D1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5237D1

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5237D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5237D1	1.00	7.43	2.83	7.43
#FFFFFF	7.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005AD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0050CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006281

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5237d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 55, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.4% 0.221 281.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9171e0',
    500: '#5237d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5237d1;
$custom-light: #9171e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5237d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.519,
    "s": 62.602,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47354,
    "c": 0.22105,
    "h": 281.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5237D1

secondary

#C8D490

accent

#E642C9

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5237D1

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

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