#52168B#52168B

#52168B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.175 H 300.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52168B
RGB	rgb(82, 22, 139)
HSL	hsl(271, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(271, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(41%, 84.2%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.42, 48.70, -52.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.42, 71.57, 312.89°)
OKLab	oklab(37.09% 0.0898 -0.1499)
OKLCH	oklch(37.09% 0.175 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.4256, 4.2317, 24.7940)
Luminance	0.0423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52168B #4F8B16

analogous

#17168B #52168B #8B168A

triadic

#52168B #8B5216 #168B52

tetradic

#52168B #8B1716 #4F8B16 #168A8B

square

#52168B #8B1716 #4F8B16 #168A8B

split-complementary

#52168B #8A8B16 #168B17

monochromatic

#140521 #330E56 #52168B #711EC0 #903BE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.37

#52168B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#52168B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52168B

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52168B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52168B	1.00	11.37	1.85	11.37
#FFFFFF	11.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00398E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003989

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453852

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52168b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 22, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.175 300.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895cae',
    500: '#52168b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52168b;
$custom-light: #895cae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52168b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.769,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37091,
    "c": 0.17475,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52168B

secondary

#7DBF3E

accent

#EF3892

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0410

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #52168B

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

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