#52208B#52208B

#52208B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.165 H 299.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52208B
RGB	rgb(82, 32, 139)
HSL	hsl(268, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(268, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(41%, 77%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.84, 44.62, -50.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.84, 67.11, 311.68°)
OKLab	oklab(38.08% 0.0815 -0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(38.08% 0.165 299.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.6552, 4.6908, 24.8705)
Luminance	0.0469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52208B #598B20

analogous

#20248B #52208B #87208B

triadic

#52208B #8B5220 #208B52

tetradic

#52208B #8B2024 #598B20 #208B87

square

#52208B #8B2024 #598B20 #208B87

split-complementary

#52208B #8B8720 #248B20

monochromatic

#170928 #351559 #52208B #6F2BBD #8E4FD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.83

#52208B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#52208B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52208B

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52208B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52208B	1.00	10.83	1.94	10.83
#FFFFFF	10.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453C54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52208b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 32, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.165 299.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8861ae',
    500: '#52208b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52208b;
$custom-light: #8861ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52208b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.037,
    "s": 62.573,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38076,
    "c": 0.1648,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52208B

secondary

#87BA4D

accent

#E64299

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #52208B

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

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