#52188B#52188B

#52188B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.173 H 300.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52188B
RGB	rgb(82, 24, 139)
HSL	hsl(270, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(270, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(41%, 82.7%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.67, 47.97, -52.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.67, 70.77, 312.68°)
OKLab	oklab(37.27% 0.0883 -0.1487)
OKLCH	oklch(37.27% 0.173 300.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.4653, 4.3111, 24.8072)
Luminance	0.0431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52188B #518B18

analogous

#19188B #52188B #8B188B

triadic

#52188B #8B5218 #188B52

tetradic

#52188B #8B1918 #518B18 #188B8B

square

#52188B #8B1918 #518B18 #188B8B

split-complementary

#52188B #8B8B18 #188B19

monochromatic

#140623 #330F57 #52188B #7121BF #8F3FDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.28

#52188B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#52188B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52188B

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52188B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52188B	1.00	11.28	1.86	11.28
#FFFFFF	11.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453852

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52188b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 24, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.173 300.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895dae',
    500: '#52188b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52188b;
$custom-light: #895dae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52188b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.261,
    "s": 70.552,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37265,
    "c": 0.17297,
    "h": 300.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52188B

secondary

#7FBE40

accent

#ED3A93

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #52188B

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

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