#5238C6#5238C6

#5238C6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 46.5% C 0.207 H 283.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5238C6
RGB	rgb(82, 56, 198)
HSL	hsl(251, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(251, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.6%, 71.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.40, 49.16, -69.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.40, 85.53, 305.09°)
OKLab	oklab(46.46% 0.0472 -0.2016)
OKLCH	oklch(46.46% 0.207 283.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.0837, 8.6984, 54.2993)
Luminance	0.0870 (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

#5238C6 #ACC638

analogous

#3865C6 #5238C6 #9938C6

triadic

#5238C6 #C65238 #38C652

tetradic

#5238C6 #C63865 #ACC638 #38C699

square

#5238C6 #C63865 #ACC638 #38C699

split-complementary

#5238C6 #C69938 #65C638

monochromatic

#2A1D67 #3E2B96 #5238C6 #7B67D4 #A597E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.66

#5238C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.74

#5238C6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5238C6

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5238C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5238C6	1.00	7.66	2.74	7.66
#FFFFFF	7.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0058CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004EC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#065F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5238c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 56, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.5% 0.207 283.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f71d8',
    500: '#5238c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5238c6;
$custom-light: #8f71d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5238c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.986,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46455,
    "c": 0.20708,
    "h": 283.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5238C6

secondary

#C1CD8D

accent

#DF49C4

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5238C6

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

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