#523C97#523C97

#523C97 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.143 H 290.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#523C97
RGB	rgb(82, 60, 151)
HSL	hsl(255, 43%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(255, 60%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.7%, 60.3%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.39, 32.70, -46.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.39, 57.15, 304.90°)
OKLab	oklab(43.09% 0.0494 -0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(43.09% 0.143 290.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.6799, 7.2595, 30.1107)
Luminance	0.0726 (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

#523C97 #81973C

analogous

#3C5497 #523C97 #803C97

triadic

#523C97 #97523C #3C9752

tetradic

#523C97 #973C54 #81973C #3C9780

square

#523C97 #973C54 #81973C #3C9780

split-complementary

#523C97 #97803C #54973C

monochromatic

#22193F #3A2B6B #523C97 #6E55BB #9381CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.56

#523C97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#523C97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #523C97

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##523C97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##523C97	1.00	8.56	2.45	8.56
#FFFFFF	8.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004E9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004A95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D5063

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #523c97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 60, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.143 290.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8872b6',
    500: '#523c97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #523c97;
$custom-light: #8872b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#523c97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.505,
    "s": 43.128,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4309,
    "c": 0.14256,
    "h": 290.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#523C97

secondary

#A8B778

accent

#D355B4

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#F0EDF6

border

#CBC8D0

text

#0C0811

muted

#7D7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #523C97

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

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