#52168C#52168C

#52168C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.176 H 300.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52168C
RGB	rgb(82, 22, 140)
HSL	hsl(271, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(271, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 84.3%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.52, 48.95, -52.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.52, 72.08, 312.77°)
OKLab	oklab(37.18% 0.0894 -0.1513)
OKLCH	oklch(37.18% 0.176 300.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.4990, 4.2610, 25.1805)
Luminance	0.0426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52168C #508C16

analogous

#17168C #52168C #8C168B

triadic

#52168C #8C5216 #168C52

tetradic

#52168C #8C1716 #508C16 #168B8C

square

#52168C #8C1716 #508C16 #168B8C

split-complementary

#52168C #8B8C16 #168C17

monochromatic

#140522 #330E57 #52168C #711EC1 #903CE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.34

#52168C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#52168C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52168C

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52168C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52168C	1.00	11.34	1.85	11.34
#FFFFFF	11.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00398A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443853

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52168c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 22, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.176 300.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895caf',
    500: '#52168c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52168c;
$custom-light: #895caf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52168c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.508,
    "s": 72.84,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37184,
    "c": 0.17576,
    "h": 300.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52168C

secondary

#7EC03E

accent

#F03892

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #52168C

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

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