#523B91#523B91

#523B91 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.136 H 291.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#523B91
RGB	rgb(82, 59, 145)
HSL	hsl(256, 42%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(256, 59%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.4%, 59.3%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.73, 31.51, -44.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.73, 54.34, 305.44°)
OKLab	oklab(42.47% 0.0507 -0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(42.47% 0.136 291.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.1531, 6.9658, 27.5922)
Luminance	0.0697 (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

#523B91 #7A913B

analogous

#3B4F91 #523B91 #7D3B91

triadic

#523B91 #91523B #3B9152

tetradic

#523B91 #913B4F #7A913B #3B917D

square

#523B91 #913B4F #7A913B #3B917D

split-complementary

#523B91 #917D3B #4F913B

monochromatic

#21183A #392966 #523B91 #6D51B8 #917CCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.77

#523B91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#523B91 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #523B91

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##523B91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##523B91	1.00	8.77	2.39	8.77
#FFFFFF	8.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#034C94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D498F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#404E60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #523b91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 59, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.136 291.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8772b2',
    500: '#523b91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #523b91;
$custom-light: #8772b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#523b91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.047,
    "s": 42.157,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42468,
    "c": 0.13591,
    "h": 291.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#523B91

secondary

#A3B474

accent

#D256B1

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0811

muted

#7D7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #523B91

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

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