#523BA4#523BA4

#523BA4 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.161 H 288.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#523BA4
RGB	rgb(82, 59, 164)
HSL	hsl(253, 47%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(253, 64%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 64%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.14, 37.22, -53.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.14, 65.20, 304.81°)
OKLab	oklab(43.94% 0.0497 -0.1533)
OKLCH	oklch(43.94% 0.161 288)
XYZ	xyz(11.7425, 7.6016, 35.9633)
Luminance	0.0760 (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

#523BA4 #8DA43B

analogous

#3B58A4 #523BA4 #863BA4

triadic

#523BA4 #A4523B #3BA452

tetradic

#523BA4 #A43B58 #8DA43B #3BA486

square

#523BA4 #A43B58 #8DA43B #3BA486

split-complementary

#523BA4 #A4863B #58A43B

monochromatic

#251B4A #3B2B77 #523BA4 #7059C3 #9786D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.33

#523BA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#523BA4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #523BA4

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##523BA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##523BA4	1.00	8.33	2.52	8.33
#FFFFFF	8.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#35546A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #523ba4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 59, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.161 288.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a72c0',
    500: '#523ba4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #523ba4;
$custom-light: #8a72c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#523ba4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.143,
    "s": 47.085,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43944,
    "c": 0.16117,
    "h": 288
  },
  "luminance": 0.07602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#523BA4

secondary

#AFBE7D

accent

#D751B9

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#F0EDF7

border

#CBC8D0

text

#0C0812

muted

#7D7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #523BA4

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

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