#52198C#52198C

#52198C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.173 H 300.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52198C
RGB	rgb(82, 25, 140)
HSL	hsl(270, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(270, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 82.1%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.90, 47.83, -52.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.90, 70.86, 312.46°)
OKLab	oklab(37.45% 0.0872 -0.1495)
OKLCH	oklch(37.45% 0.173 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.5597, 4.3825, 25.2008)
Luminance	0.0438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52198C #538C19

analogous

#191A8C #52198C #8C198C

triadic

#52198C #8C5219 #198C52

tetradic

#52198C #8C191A #538C19 #198C8C

square

#52198C #8C191A #538C19 #198C8C

split-complementary

#52198C #8C8C19 #1A8C19

monochromatic

#150624 #341058 #52198C #7022C0 #8F42DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.19

#52198C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#52198C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52198C

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52198C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52198C	1.00	11.19	1.88	11.19
#FFFFFF	11.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443953

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52198c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 25, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.173 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895eaf',
    500: '#52198c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52198c;
$custom-light: #895eaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52198c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.739,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37448,
    "c": 0.17308,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52198C

secondary

#81BE43

accent

#ED3B95

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #52198C

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

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