#52138E#52138E

#52138E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.180 H 300.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52138E
RGB	rgb(82, 19, 142)
HSL	hsl(271, 76%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(271, 87%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.3%, 86.6%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.36, 50.44, -54.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.36, 74.19, 312.84°)
OKLab	oklab(37.14% 0.0907 -0.1557)
OKLCH	oklch(37.14% 0.18 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.5938, 4.2125, 25.9463)
Luminance	0.0421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52138E #4F8E13

analogous

#15138E #52138E #8E138D

triadic

#52138E #8E5213 #138E52

tetradic

#52138E #8E1513 #4F8E13 #138D8E

square

#52138E #8E1513 #4F8E13 #138D8E

split-complementary

#52138E #8D8E13 #138E15

monochromatic

#140522 #330C58 #52138E #711AC4 #9037E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.40

#52138E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#52138E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52138E

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52138E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52138E	1.00	11.40	1.84	11.40
#FFFFFF	11.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00398C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443853

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52138e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 19, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.180 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895bb0',
    500: '#52138e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52138e;
$custom-light: #895bb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52138e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.732,
    "s": 76.398,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37135,
    "c": 0.18017,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52138E

secondary

#7DC23B

accent

#F33592

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0411

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #52138E

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

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