#5523B2#5523B2

#5523B2 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.205 H 290.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5523B2
RGB	rgb(85, 35, 178)
HSL	hsl(261, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(261, 80%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.2%, 80.3%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.27, 54.01, -66.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.27, 85.74, 309.04°)
OKLab	oklab(42.36% 0.0722 -0.1914)
OKLCH	oklch(42.36% 0.205 290.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.3809, 6.3472, 42.6836)
Luminance	0.0635 (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

#5523B2 #80B223

analogous

#2339B2 #5523B2 #9D23B2

triadic

#5523B2 #B25523 #23B255

tetradic

#5523B2 #B22339 #80B223 #23B29D

square

#5523B2 #B22339 #80B223 #23B29D

split-complementary

#5523B2 #B29D23 #39B223

monochromatic

#240F4C #3D197F #5523B2 #713AD8 #966DE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.25

#5523B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#5523B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5523B2

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5523B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5523B2	1.00	9.25	2.27	9.25
#FFFFFF	9.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#334D6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5523b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 35, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.205 290.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f65ca',
    500: '#5523b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5523b2;
$custom-light: #8f65ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5523b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.979,
    "s": 67.136,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42358,
    "c": 0.20459,
    "h": 290.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5523B2

secondary

#A7C968

accent

#EA3EAE

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF9

border

#CCC6D2

text

#0E0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5523B2

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

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