#523DA4#523DA4

#523DA4 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.158 H 287.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#523DA4
RGB	rgb(82, 61, 164)
HSL	hsl(252, 46%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(252, 63%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 62.8%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.59, 36.03, -52.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.59, 63.92, 304.31°)
OKLab	oklab(44.27% 0.0476 -0.1512)
OKLCH	oklch(44.27% 0.158 287.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.8473, 7.8111, 35.9982)
Luminance	0.0781 (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

#523DA4 #8FA43D

analogous

#3D5CA4 #523DA4 #863DA4

triadic

#523DA4 #A4523D #3DA452

tetradic

#523DA4 #A43D5C #8FA43D #3DA486

square

#523DA4 #A43D5C #8FA43D #3DA486

split-complementary

#523DA4 #A4863D #5CA43D

monochromatic

#251C4B #3C2C77 #523DA4 #715CC2 #9888D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.20

#523DA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#523DA4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #523DA4

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##523DA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##523DA4	1.00	8.20	2.56	8.20
#FFFFFF	8.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#35556A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #523da4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 61, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.158 287.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a73c0',
    500: '#523da4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #523da4;
$custom-light: #8a73c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#523da4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.233,
    "s": 45.778,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4427,
    "c": 0.15848,
    "h": 287.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#523DA4

secondary

#B1BD7F

accent

#D552BB

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#F0EDF7

border

#CBC8D0

text

#0C0812

muted

#7D7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #523DA4

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

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