#523EA2#523EA2

#523EA2 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.154 H 287.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#523EA2
RGB	rgb(82, 62, 162)
HSL	hsl(252, 45%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(252, 62%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 61.7%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.66, 34.82, -51.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.66, 62.14, 304.08°)
OKLab	oklab(44.28% 0.0466 -0.1473)
OKLCH	oklch(44.28% 0.154 287.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.7220, 7.8472, 35.0724)
Luminance	0.0785 (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

#523EA2 #8EA23E

analogous

#3E5CA2 #523EA2 #843EA2

triadic

#523EA2 #A2523E #3EA252

tetradic

#523EA2 #A23E5C #8EA23E #3EA284

square

#523EA2 #A23E5C #8EA23E #3EA284

split-complementary

#523EA2 #A2843E #5CA23E

monochromatic

#251C49 #3C2D76 #523EA2 #705CC1 #9789D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.17

#523EA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#523EA2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #523EA2

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##523EA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##523EA2	1.00	8.17	2.57	8.17
#FFFFFF	8.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37556A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #523ea2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 62, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.154 287.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8974be',
    500: '#523ea2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #523ea2;
$custom-light: #8974be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#523ea2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 44.643,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44278,
    "c": 0.15447,
    "h": 287.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#523EA2

secondary

#B0BC80

accent

#D453BB

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#F0EDF7

border

#CBC8D0

text

#0C0812

muted

#7D7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #523EA2

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

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