#523CA5#523CA5

#523CA5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.161 H 287.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#523CA5
RGB	rgb(82, 60, 165)
HSL	hsl(253, 47%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(253, 64%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 63.6%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.44, 36.93, -53.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.44, 65.13, 304.55°)
OKLab	oklab(44.19% 0.0485 -0.1536)
OKLCH	oklch(44.19% 0.161 287.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.8851, 7.7416, 36.4581)
Luminance	0.0774 (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

#523CA5 #8FA53C

analogous

#3C5BA5 #523CA5 #873CA5

triadic

#523CA5 #A5523C #3CA552

tetradic

#523CA5 #A53C5B #8FA53C #3CA587

square

#523CA5 #A53C5B #8FA53C #3CA587

split-complementary

#523CA5 #A5873C #5BA53C

monochromatic

#251B4B #3C2C78 #523CA5 #715BC3 #9888D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.24

#523CA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#523CA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #523CA5

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##523CA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##523CA5	1.00	8.24	2.55	8.24
#FFFFFF	8.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#35556B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #523ca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 60, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.161 287.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a73c0',
    500: '#523ca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #523ca5;
$custom-light: #8a73c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#523ca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.571,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44187,
    "c": 0.16113,
    "h": 287.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#523CA5

secondary

#B1BE7F

accent

#D651BA

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#F0EDF7

border

#CBC8D0

text

#0C0812

muted

#7D7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #523CA5

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

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