#5238AF#5238AF

#5238AF is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.179 H 286.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5238AF
RGB	rgb(82, 56, 175)
HSL	hsl(253, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(253, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.1%, 68%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.39, 42.27, -59.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.39, 73.16, 305.30°)
OKLab	oklab(44.4% 0.0514 -0.1715)
OKLCH	oklch(44.4% 0.179 286.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.6294, 7.7167, 41.3731)
Luminance	0.0772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 2.93

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5238AF #95AF38

analogous

#385AAF #5238AF #8D38AF

triadic

#5238AF #AF5238 #38AF52

tetradic

#5238AF #AF385A #95AF38 #38AF8D

square

#5238AF #AF385A #95AF38 #38AF8D

split-complementary

#5238AF #AF8D38 #5AAF38

monochromatic

#271A52 #3C2981 #5238AF #735ACA #9A88D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.26

#5238AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#5238AF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5238AF

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5238AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5238AF	1.00	8.26	2.54	8.26
#FFFFFF	8.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D566F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5238af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 56, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.179 286.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c70c8',
    500: '#5238af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5238af;
$custom-light: #8c70c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5238af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.109,
    "s": 51.515,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.444,
    "c": 0.17903,
    "h": 286.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5238AF

secondary

#B4C380

accent

#DB4DBC

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0D0813

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5238AF

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

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