#523C8A#523C8A

#523C8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.125 H 293.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#523C8A
RGB	rgb(82, 60, 138)
HSL	hsl(257, 39%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(257, 57%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.6%, 56.5%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.49, 28.83, -40.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.49, 49.59, 305.54°)
OKLab	oklab(42.14% 0.0494 -0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(42.14% 0.125 293.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.6818, 6.8603, 24.8539)
Luminance	0.0686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#523C8A #748A3C

analogous

#3C4D8A #523C8A #793C8A

triadic

#523C8A #8A523C #3C8A52

tetradic

#523C8A #8A3C4D #748A3C #3C8A79

square

#523C8A #8A3C4D #748A3C #3C8A79

split-complementary

#523C8A #8A793C #4D8A3C

monochromatic

#1F1735 #39295F #523C8A #6C50B3 #907BC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.85

#523C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#523C8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #523C8A

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##523C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##523C8A	1.00	8.85	2.37	8.85
#FFFFFF	8.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#174B8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C4988

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#444C5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #523c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 60, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.125 293.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8672ad',
    500: '#523c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #523c8a;
$custom-light: #8672ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#523c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.923,
    "s": 39.394,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42135,
    "c": 0.12477,
    "h": 293.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#523C8A

secondary

#9EAF73

accent

#CF59AE

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0ECF4

border

#CBC7CE

text

#0B0810

muted

#7C7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #523C8A

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

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