#523CA9#523CA9

#523CA9 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.166 H 286.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#523CA9
RGB	rgb(82, 60, 169)
HSL	hsl(252, 48%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(252, 64%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 64.5%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.75, 38.15, -55.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.75, 67.37, 304.49°)
OKLab	oklab(44.51% 0.0482 -0.1592)
OKLCH	oklch(44.51% 0.166 286.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.2549, 7.8895, 38.4055)
Luminance	0.0789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 2.55

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#523CA9 #93A93C

analogous

#3C5DA9 #523CA9 #883CA9

triadic

#523CA9 #A9523C #3CA952

tetradic

#523CA9 #A93C5D #93A93C #3CA988

square

#523CA9 #A93C5D #93A93C #3CA988

split-complementary

#523CA9 #A9883C #5DA93C

monochromatic

#261C4F #3C2C7C #523CA9 #725DC5 #998AD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.15

#523CA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#523CA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #523CA9

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##523CA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##523CA9	1.00	8.15	2.58	8.15
#FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32566D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #523ca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 60, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.166 286.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a73c3',
    500: '#523ca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #523ca9;
$custom-light: #8a73c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#523ca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.11,
    "s": 47.598,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44512,
    "c": 0.16634,
    "h": 286.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#523CA9

secondary

#B3C081

accent

#D751BC

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#F0EDF8

border

#CBC8D1

text

#0D0813

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #523CA9

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

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