#523CA3#523CA3

#523CA3 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.159 H 287.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#523CA3
RGB	rgb(82, 60, 163)
HSL	hsl(253, 46%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(253, 63%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 63.2%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.28, 36.32, -52.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.28, 64.00, 304.58°)
OKLab	oklab(44.03% 0.0487 -0.1509)
OKLCH	oklch(44.03% 0.159 287.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.7045, 7.6694, 35.5068)
Luminance	0.0767 (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

#523CA3 #8DA33C

analogous

#3C59A3 #523CA3 #853CA3

triadic

#523CA3 #A3523C #3CA352

tetradic

#523CA3 #A33C59 #8DA33C #3CA385

square

#523CA3 #A33C59 #8DA33C #3CA385

split-complementary

#523CA3 #A3853C #59A33C

monochromatic

#251B4A #3B2C76 #523CA3 #705AC2 #9787D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.29

#523CA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#523CA3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #523CA3

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##523CA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##523CA3	1.00	8.29	2.53	8.29
#FFFFFF	8.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36546A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #523ca3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 60, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.159 287.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8973bf',
    500: '#523ca3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #523ca3;
$custom-light: #8973bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#523ca3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.816,
    "s": 46.188,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44026,
    "c": 0.15852,
    "h": 287.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#523CA3

secondary

#AFBD7E

accent

#D652BA

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#F0EDF7

border

#CBC8D0

text

#0C0812

muted

#7D7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #523CA3

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

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