#523BAD#523BAD

#523BAD is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.173 H 286.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#523BAD
RGB	rgb(82, 59, 173)
HSL	hsl(252, 49%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(252, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 65.9%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.85, 39.95, -57.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.85, 70.23, 304.67°)
OKLab	oklab(44.69% 0.0488 -0.1657)
OKLCH	oklch(44.69% 0.173 286.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.5842, 7.9383, 40.3962)
Luminance	0.0794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 2.37

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#523BAD #96AD3B

analogous

#3B5DAD #523BAD #8B3BAD

triadic

#523BAD #AD523B #3BAD52

tetradic

#523BAD #AD3B5D #96AD3B #3BAD8B

square

#523BAD #AD3B5D #96AD3B #3BAD8B

split-complementary

#523BAD #AD8B3B #5DAD3B

monochromatic

#271C52 #3C2B7F #523BAD #735DC8 #9A8BD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.12

#523BAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#523BAD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #523BAD

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##523BAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##523BAD	1.00	8.12	2.59	8.12
#FFFFFF	8.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F576F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #523bad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 59, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.173 286.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b72c6',
    500: '#523bad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #523bad;
$custom-light: #8b72c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#523bad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.105,
    "s": 49.138,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44686,
    "c": 0.17277,
    "h": 286.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#523BAD

secondary

#B5C282

accent

#D94FBD

background

#F9F7FC

surface

#F1EDF8

border

#CBC8D1

text

#0D0813

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #523BAD

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

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