#5238AA#5238AA

#5238AA is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.173 H 287.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5238AA
RGB	rgb(82, 56, 170)
HSL	hsl(254, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(254, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.8%, 67.1%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.97, 40.77, -57.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.97, 70.41, 305.39°)
OKLab	oklab(43.97% 0.0521 -0.1647)
OKLCH	oklch(43.97% 0.173 287.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.1474, 7.5239, 38.8346)
Luminance	0.0752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 3.25

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5238AA #90AA38

analogous

#3857AA #5238AA #8B38AA

triadic

#5238AA #AA5238 #38AA52

tetradic

#5238AA #AA3857 #90AA38 #38AA8B

square

#5238AA #AA3857 #90AA38 #38AA8B

split-complementary

#5238AA #AA8B38 #57AA38

monochromatic

#261A4E #3C297C #5238AA #7157C8 #9885D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.38

#5238AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#5238AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5238AA

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5238AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5238AA	1.00	8.38	2.50	8.38
#FFFFFF	8.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004AA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31546C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5238aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 56, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.173 287.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b70c4',
    500: '#5238aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5238aa;
$custom-light: #8b70c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5238aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.684,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43973,
    "c": 0.17275,
    "h": 287.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5238AA

secondary

#B1C17D

accent

#DA4EBA

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0D0813

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5238AA

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

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