#52198D#52198D

#52198D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.174 H 299.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52198D
RGB	rgb(82, 25, 141)
HSL	hsl(269, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(269, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 82.3%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.99, 48.08, -52.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.99, 71.38, 312.35°)
OKLab	oklab(37.54% 0.0869 -0.1509)
OKLCH	oklch(37.54% 0.174 299.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.6338, 4.4121, 25.5909)
Luminance	0.0441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52198D #548D19

analogous

#191A8D #52198D #8C198D

triadic

#52198D #8D5219 #198D52

tetradic

#52198D #8D191A #548D19 #198D8C

square

#52198D #8D191A #548D19 #198D8C

split-complementary

#52198D #8D8C19 #1A8D19

monochromatic

#160725 #341059 #52198D #7022C1 #8F43DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.16

#52198D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#52198D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52198D

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52198D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52198D	1.00	11.16	1.88	11.16
#FFFFFF	11.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443A54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52198d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 25, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.174 299.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52198d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.483,
    "s": 69.88,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37541,
    "c": 0.17411,
    "h": 299.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52198D

secondary

#82BF43

accent

#ED3B95

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #52198D

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

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