#523C8E#523C8E

#523C8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.130 H 292.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#523C8E
RGB	rgb(82, 60, 142)
HSL	hsl(256, 41%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(256, 58%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.3%, 57.7%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.76, 30.01, -42.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.76, 51.93, 305.30°)
OKLab	oklab(42.42% 0.0495 -0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(42.42% 0.13 292.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.9767, 6.9783, 26.4072)
Luminance	0.0698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#523C8E #788E3C

analogous

#3C4F8E #523C8E #7B3C8E

triadic

#523C8E #8E523C #3C8E52

tetradic

#523C8E #8E3C4F #788E3C #3C8E7B

square

#523C8E #8E3C4F #788E3C #3C8E7B

split-complementary

#523C8E #8E7B3C #4F8E3C

monochromatic

#201838 #392A63 #523C8E #6C52B6 #917DC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.77

#523C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#523C8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #523C8E

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##523C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##523C8E	1.00	8.77	2.40	8.77
#FFFFFF	8.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#104C91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#16498C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#424E5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #523c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 60, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.130 292.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8772b0',
    500: '#523c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #523c8e;
$custom-light: #8772b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#523c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.098,
    "s": 40.594,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42422,
    "c": 0.1303,
    "h": 292.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#523C8E

secondary

#A1B274

accent

#D057B0

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0ECF5

border

#CBC7CF

text

#0C0810

muted

#7D7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #523C8E

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

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