#52198E#52198E

#52198E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.175 H 299.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52198E
RGB	rgb(82, 25, 142)
HSL	hsl(269, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(269, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.3%, 82.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.08, 48.33, -53.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.08, 71.89, 312.24°)
OKLab	oklab(37.63% 0.0865 -0.1523)
OKLCH	oklch(37.63% 0.175 299.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.7086, 4.4420, 25.9845)
Luminance	0.0444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52198E #558E19

analogous

#191A8E #52198E #8D198E

triadic

#52198E #8E5219 #198E52

tetradic

#52198E #8E191A #558E19 #198E8D

square

#52198E #8E191A #558E19 #198E8D

split-complementary

#52198E #8E8D19 #1A8E19

monochromatic

#160726 #34105A #52198E #7022C2 #8F43DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.12

#52198E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#52198E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52198E

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52198E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52198E	1.00	11.12	1.89	11.12
#FFFFFF	11.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#433A54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52198e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 25, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.175 299.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895eb0',
    500: '#52198e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52198e;
$custom-light: #895eb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52198e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.231,
    "s": 70.06,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37633,
    "c": 0.17514,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52198E

secondary

#83BF44

accent

#ED3B96

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #52198E

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

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