#523AAE#523AAE

#523AAE is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.175 H 286.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#523AAE
RGB	rgb(82, 58, 174)
HSL	hsl(252, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(252, 67%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 66.7%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.72, 40.83, -58.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.72, 71.40, 304.88°)
OKLab	oklab(44.62% 0.0496 -0.1681)
OKLCH	oklch(44.62% 0.175 286.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.6304, 7.8753, 40.8908)
Luminance	0.0788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 2.52

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#523AAE #96AE3A

analogous

#3A5CAE #523AAE #8C3AAE

triadic

#523AAE #AE523A #3AAE52

tetradic

#523AAE #AE3A5C #96AE3A #3AAE8C

square

#523AAE #AE3A5C #96AE3A #3AAE8C

split-complementary

#523AAE #AE8C3A #5CAE3A

monochromatic

#271B52 #3C2B80 #523AAE #735CC9 #9A8AD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.15

#523AAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#523AAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #523AAE

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##523AAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##523AAE	1.00	8.15	2.58	8.15
#FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E576F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #523aae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 58, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.175 286.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b72c7',
    500: '#523aae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #523aae;
$custom-light: #8b72c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#523aae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.414,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44616,
    "c": 0.1753,
    "h": 286.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#523AAE

secondary

#B5C281

accent

#DA4EBD

background

#F9F7FC

surface

#F1EDF8

border

#CBC8D1

text

#0D0813

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #523AAE

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

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