#523FA4#523FA4

#523FA4 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.156 H 286.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#523FA4
RGB	rgb(82, 63, 164)
HSL	hsl(251, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(251, 62%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 61.6%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.04, 34.83, -52.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.04, 62.64, 303.78°)
OKLab	oklab(44.6% 0.0454 -0.149)
OKLCH	oklch(44.6% 0.156 286.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.9561, 8.0286, 36.0345)
Luminance	0.0803 (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

#523FA4 #91A43F

analogous

#3F5FA4 #523FA4 #853FA4

triadic

#523FA4 #A4523F #3FA452

tetradic

#523FA4 #A43F5F #91A43F #3FA485

square

#523FA4 #A43F5F #91A43F #3FA485

split-complementary

#523FA4 #A4853F #5FA43F

monochromatic

#261D4C #3C2E78 #523FA4 #715FC1 #988BD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.06

#523FA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.61

#523FA4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #523FA4

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##523FA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##523FA4	1.00	8.06	2.61	8.06
#FFFFFF	8.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#35576B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #523fa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 63, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.156 286.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8975c0',
    500: '#523fa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #523fa4;
$custom-light: #8975c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#523fa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.287,
    "s": 44.493,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44603,
    "c": 0.15575,
    "h": 286.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#523FA4

secondary

#B2BD82

accent

#D454BC

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#F0EDF7

border

#CBC8D0

text

#0C0812

muted

#7D7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #523FA4

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

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