#523CA6#523CA6

#523CA6 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.162 H 287.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#523CA6
RGB	rgb(82, 60, 166)
HSL	hsl(252, 47%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(252, 64%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 63.9%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.52, 37.24, -54.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.52, 65.69, 304.53°)
OKLab	oklab(44.27% 0.0485 -0.155)
OKLCH	oklch(44.27% 0.162 287.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.9765, 7.7782, 36.9393)
Luminance	0.0778 (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

#523CA6 #90A63C

analogous

#3C5BA6 #523CA6 #873CA6

triadic

#523CA6 #A6523C #3CA652

tetradic

#523CA6 #A63C5B #90A63C #3CA687

square

#523CA6 #A63C5B #90A63C #3CA687

split-complementary

#523CA6 #A6873C #5BA63C

monochromatic

#261C4C #3C2C79 #523CA6 #715BC4 #9888D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.22

#523CA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#523CA6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #523CA6

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##523CA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##523CA6	1.00	8.22	2.56	8.22
#FFFFFF	8.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#34556B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #523ca6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 60, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.162 287.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a73c1',
    500: '#523ca6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #523ca6;
$custom-light: #8a73c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#523ca6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.453,
    "s": 46.903,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44268,
    "c": 0.16245,
    "h": 287.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#523CA6

secondary

#B1BE7F

accent

#D751BB

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#F0EDF8

border

#CBC8D1

text

#0C0812

muted

#7D7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #523CA6

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

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