#523D9D#523D9D

#523D9D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.149 H 288.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#523D9D
RGB	rgb(82, 61, 157)
HSL	hsl(253, 44%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(253, 61%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.8%, 61.1%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.06, 33.90, -49.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.06, 59.94, 304.44°)
OKLab	oklab(43.72% 0.048 -0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(43.72% 0.149 288.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.2325, 7.5652, 32.7601)
Luminance	0.0757 (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

#523D9D #889D3D

analogous

#3D589D #523D9D #823D9D

triadic

#523D9D #9D523D #3D9D52

tetradic

#523D9D #9D3D58 #889D3D #3D9D82

square

#523D9D #9D3D58 #889D3D #3D9D82

split-complementary

#523D9D #9D823D #589D3D

monochromatic

#241B45 #3B2C71 #523D9D #6F59BE #9585D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.36

#523D9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#523D9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #523D9D

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##523D9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##523D9D	1.00	8.36	2.51	8.36
#FFFFFF	8.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004B9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A5367

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #523d9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 61, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.149 288.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8973bb',
    500: '#523d9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #523d9d;
$custom-light: #8973bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#523d9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.125,
    "s": 44.037,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43719,
    "c": 0.14919,
    "h": 288.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#523D9D

secondary

#ACBA7C

accent

#D454B8

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#F0EDF6

border

#CBC8D0

text

#0C0812

muted

#7D7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #523D9D

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

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