#52198B#52198B

#52198B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.172 H 300.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52198B
RGB	rgb(82, 25, 139)
HSL	hsl(270, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(270, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(41%, 82%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.81, 47.59, -51.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.81, 70.35, 312.57°)
OKLab	oklab(37.36% 0.0875 -0.1481)
OKLCH	oklch(37.36% 0.172 300.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.4863, 4.3531, 24.8142)
Luminance	0.0435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52198B #528B19

analogous

#19198B #52198B #8B198B

triadic

#52198B #8B5219 #198B52

tetradic

#52198B #8B1919 #528B19 #198B8B

square

#52198B #8B1919 #528B19 #198B8B

split-complementary

#52198B #8B8B19 #198B19

monochromatic

#150623 #331057 #52198B #7122BF #8F41DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.23

#52198B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#52198B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52198B

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52198B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52198B	1.00	11.23	1.87	11.23
#FFFFFF	11.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453953

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52198b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 25, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.172 300.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895eae',
    500: '#52198b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52198b;
$custom-light: #895eae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52198b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 69.512,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37357,
    "c": 0.17204,
    "h": 300.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52198B

secondary

#80BE42

accent

#EC3B94

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #52198B

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

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