#52188C#52188C

#52188C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.174 H 300.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52188C
RGB	rgb(82, 24, 140)
HSL	hsl(270, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(270, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 82.9%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.77, 48.22, -52.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.77, 71.28, 312.57°)
OKLab	oklab(37.36% 0.088 -0.1501)
OKLCH	oklch(37.36% 0.174 300.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.5387, 4.3405, 25.1938)
Luminance	0.0434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52188C #528C18

analogous

#18188C #52188C #8C188C

triadic

#52188C #8C5218 #188C52

tetradic

#52188C #8C1818 #528C18 #188C8C

square

#52188C #8C1818 #528C18 #188C8C

split-complementary

#52188C #8C8C18 #188C18

monochromatic

#150624 #330F58 #52188C #7121C0 #8F40DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.24

#52188C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#52188C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52188C

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52188C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52188C	1.00	11.24	1.87	11.24
#FFFFFF	11.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443953

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52188c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 24, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.174 300.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895daf',
    500: '#52188c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52188c;
$custom-light: #895daf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52188c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 70.732,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37358,
    "c": 0.17399,
    "h": 300.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52188C

secondary

#80BF41

accent

#ED3A94

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #52188C

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

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