#5238A2#5238A2

#5238A2 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.163 H 289.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5238A2
RGB	rgb(82, 56, 162)
HSL	hsl(255, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(255, 65%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 65.4%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.33, 38.38, -53.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.33, 65.96, 305.58°)
OKLab	oklab(43.31% 0.0531 -0.1537)
OKLCH	oklch(43.31% 0.163 289.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.4136, 7.2303, 34.9696)
Luminance	0.0723 (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

#5238A2 #88A238

analogous

#3853A2 #5238A2 #8738A2

triadic

#5238A2 #A25238 #38A252

tetradic

#5238A2 #A23853 #88A238 #38A287

square

#5238A2 #A23853 #88A238 #38A287

split-complementary

#5238A2 #A28738 #53A238

monochromatic

#241947 #3B2875 #5238A2 #6F53C4 #9581D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.58

#5238A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#5238A2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5238A2

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5238A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5238A2	1.00	8.58	2.45	8.58
#FFFFFF	8.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#375268

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5238a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 56, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.163 289.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a70be',
    500: '#5238a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5238a2;
$custom-light: #8a70be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5238a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.717,
    "s": 48.624,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43305,
    "c": 0.16258,
    "h": 289.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5238A2

secondary

#ACBD79

accent

#D850B7

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF7

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0712

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5238A2

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

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