#523A9D#523A9D

#523A9D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.153 H 289.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#523A9D
RGB	rgb(82, 58, 157)
HSL	hsl(255, 46%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(255, 63%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.8%, 63.1%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.38, 35.70, -50.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.38, 61.88, 305.24°)
OKLab	oklab(43.22% 0.0514 -0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(43.22% 0.153 289.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.0768, 7.2538, 32.7082)
Luminance	0.0725 (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

#523A9D #859D3A

analogous

#3A549D #523A9D #833A9D

triadic

#523A9D #9D523A #3A9D52

tetradic

#523A9D #9D3A54 #859D3A #3A9D83

square

#523A9D #9D3A54 #859D3A #3A9D83

split-complementary

#523A9D #9D833A #549D3A

monochromatic

#231944 #3B2970 #523A9D #6E54C0 #9481D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.57

#523A9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#523A9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #523A9D

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##523A9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##523A9D	1.00	8.57	2.45	8.57
#FFFFFF	8.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004A9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A5166

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #523a9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 58, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.153 289.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8971bb',
    500: '#523a9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #523a9d;
$custom-light: #8971bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#523a9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.545,
    "s": 46.047,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43221,
    "c": 0.15339,
    "h": 289.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#523A9D

secondary

#AABA79

accent

#D652B6

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0812

muted

#7D7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #523A9D

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

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