#52168E#52168E

#52168E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.178 H 299.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52168E
RGB	rgb(82, 22, 142)
HSL	hsl(270, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(270, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.3%, 84.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.70, 49.44, -53.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.70, 73.10, 312.56°)
OKLab	oklab(37.37% 0.0887 -0.1541)
OKLCH	oklch(37.37% 0.178 299.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.6478, 4.3206, 25.9643)
Luminance	0.0432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52168E #528E16

analogous

#16168E #52168E #8E168E

triadic

#52168E #8E5216 #168E52

tetradic

#52168E #8E1616 #528E16 #168E8E

square

#52168E #8E1616 #528E16 #168E8E

split-complementary

#52168E #8E8E16 #168E16

monochromatic

#150624 #330E59 #52168E #711EC3 #8F3DE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.26

#52168E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#52168E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52168E

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52168E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52168E	1.00	11.26	1.86	11.26
#FFFFFF	11.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#433954

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52168e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 22, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.178 299.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895db0',
    500: '#52168e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52168e;
$custom-light: #895db0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52168e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37371,
    "c": 0.17778,
    "h": 299.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52168E

secondary

#80C13F

accent

#F03894

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #52168E

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

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