#523D97#523D97

#523D97 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.141 H 290.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#523D97
RGB	rgb(82, 61, 151)
HSL	hsl(254, 42%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(254, 60%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.7%, 59.6%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.62, 32.08, -46.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.62, 56.49, 304.61°)
OKLab	oklab(43.26% 0.0482 -0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(43.26% 0.141 290)
XYZ	xyz(10.7328, 7.3653, 30.1283)
Luminance	0.0737 (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

#523D97 #82973D

analogous

#3D5597 #523D97 #7F3D97

triadic

#523D97 #97523D #3D9752

tetradic

#523D97 #973D55 #82973D #3D977F

square

#523D97 #973D55 #82973D #3D977F

split-complementary

#523D97 #977F3D #55973D

monochromatic

#231A40 #3A2B6B #523D97 #6E56BB #9382CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.49

#523D97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#523D97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #523D97

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##523D97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##523D97	1.00	8.49	2.47	8.49
#FFFFFF	8.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004E9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#024B95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D5164

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #523d97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 61, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.141 290.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8873b6',
    500: '#523d97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #523d97;
$custom-light: #8873b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#523d97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254,
    "s": 42.453,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43261,
    "c": 0.1411,
    "h": 290
  },
  "luminance": 0.07366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#523D97

secondary

#A8B779

accent

#D256B5

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#F0EDF6

border

#CBC8D0

text

#0C0811

muted

#7D7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #523D97

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

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