#523E8A#523E8A

#523E8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.122 H 292.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#523E8A
RGB	rgb(82, 62, 138)
HSL	hsl(256, 38%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(256, 55%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.6%, 55.1%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.97, 27.58, -39.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.97, 48.24, 304.87°)
OKLab	oklab(42.5% 0.0467 -0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(42.5% 0.122 292.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.7885, 7.0738, 24.8895)
Luminance	0.0707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#523E8A #768A3E

analogous

#3E508A #523E8A #783E8A

triadic

#523E8A #8A523E #3E8A52

tetradic

#523E8A #8A3E50 #768A3E #3E8A78

square

#523E8A #8A3E50 #768A3E #3E8A78

split-complementary

#523E8A #8A783E #508A3E

monochromatic

#201836 #392B60 #523E8A #6C53B2 #907EC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.70

#523E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#523E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #523E8A

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##523E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##523E8A	1.00	8.70	2.41	8.70
#FFFFFF	8.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C4C8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#204A88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#434E5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #523e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 62, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.122 292.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8674ad',
    500: '#523e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #523e8a;
$custom-light: #8674ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#523e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.789,
    "s": 38,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42496,
    "c": 0.12163,
    "h": 292.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#523E8A

secondary

#A0AF75

accent

#CE5AAF

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#F0EDF4

border

#CBC8CE

text

#0B0810

muted

#7C7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #523E8A

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

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