#52168D#52168D

#52168D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.177 H 300.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52168D
RGB	rgb(82, 22, 141)
HSL	hsl(270, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(270, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 84.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.61, 49.19, -53.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.61, 72.59, 312.66°)
OKLab	oklab(37.28% 0.0891 -0.1527)
OKLCH	oklch(37.28% 0.177 300.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.5731, 4.2907, 25.5706)
Luminance	0.0429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52168D #518D16

analogous

#17168D #52168D #8D168D

triadic

#52168D #8D5216 #168D52

tetradic

#52168D #8D1716 #518D16 #168D8D

square

#52168D #8D1716 #518D16 #168D8D

split-complementary

#52168D #8D8D16 #168D17

monochromatic

#140523 #330E58 #52168D #711EC2 #8F3DE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.30

#52168D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#52168D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52168D

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52168D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52168D	1.00	11.30	1.86	11.30
#FFFFFF	11.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443853

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52168d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 22, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.177 300.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895daf',
    500: '#52168d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52168d;
$custom-light: #895daf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52168d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.252,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37278,
    "c": 0.17677,
    "h": 300.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52168D

secondary

#7FC13E

accent

#F03893

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #52168D

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

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