#523EA5#523EA5

#523EA5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.158 H 287.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#523EA5
RGB	rgb(82, 62, 165)
HSL	hsl(252, 45%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(252, 62%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 62.4%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.89, 35.74, -52.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.89, 63.85, 304.04°)
OKLab	oklab(44.52% 0.0464 -0.1515)
OKLCH	oklch(44.52% 0.158 287)
XYZ	xyz(11.9918, 7.9551, 36.4936)
Luminance	0.0796 (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

#523EA5 #91A53E

analogous

#3E5EA5 #523EA5 #853EA5

triadic

#523EA5 #A5523E #3EA552

tetradic

#523EA5 #A53E5E #91A53E #3EA585

square

#523EA5 #A53E5E #91A53E #3EA585

split-complementary

#523EA5 #A5853E #5EA53E

monochromatic

#261D4C #3C2D79 #523EA5 #715EC2 #988AD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.10

#523EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#523EA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #523EA5

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##523EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##523EA5	1.00	8.10	2.59	8.10
#FFFFFF	8.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#35566B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #523ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 62, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.158 287.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a74c0',
    500: '#523ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #523ea5;
$custom-light: #8a74c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#523ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.65,
    "s": 45.374,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44515,
    "c": 0.15844,
    "h": 287
  },
  "luminance": 0.07956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#523EA5

secondary

#B2BE81

accent

#D553BC

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#F0EDF7

border

#CBC8D0

text

#0C0812

muted

#7D7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #523EA5

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

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