#52118E#52118E

#52118E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.182 H 300.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52118E
RGB	rgb(82, 17, 142)
HSL	hsl(271, 79%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(271, 88%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.3%, 88%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.15, 51.06, -54.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.15, 74.86, 313.00°)
OKLab	oklab(36.99% 0.0919 -0.1567)
OKLCH	oklch(36.99% 0.182 300.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.5614, 4.1476, 25.9355)
Luminance	0.0415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52118E #4D8E11

analogous

#13118E #52118E #8E118B

triadic

#52118E #8E5211 #118E52

tetradic

#52118E #8E1311 #4D8E11 #118B8E

square

#52118E #8E1311 #4D8E11 #118B8E

split-complementary

#52118E #8B8E11 #118E13

monochromatic

#130421 #320A57 #52118E #7218C5 #9033E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.48

#52118E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#52118E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52118E

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52118E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52118E	1.00	11.48	1.83	11.48
#FFFFFF	11.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003991

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00388C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443753

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52118e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 17, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.182 300.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5bb0',
    500: '#52118e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52118e;
$custom-light: #8a5bb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52118e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.2,
    "s": 78.616,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36992,
    "c": 0.18164,
    "h": 300.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52118E

secondary

#7BC238

accent

#F53390

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0411

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #52118E

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

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