#52218A#52218A

#52218A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.163 H 299.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52218A
RGB	rgb(82, 33, 138)
HSL	hsl(268, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(268, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.6%, 76.1%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.91, 43.90, -49.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.91, 66.08, 311.64°)
OKLab	oklab(38.1% 0.0808 -0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(38.1% 0.163 299.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.6098, 4.7164, 24.4966)
Luminance	0.0472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52218A #598A21

analogous

#21248A #52218A #86218A

triadic

#52218A #8A5221 #218A52

tetradic

#52218A #8A2124 #598A21 #218A86

square

#52218A #8A2124 #598A21 #218A86

split-complementary

#52218A #8A8621 #248A21

monochromatic

#170927 #351559 #52218A #6F2DBB #8E50D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.81

#52218A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#52218A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52218A

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52218A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52218A	1.00	10.81	1.94	10.81
#FFFFFF	10.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453C54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52218a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 33, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.163 299.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8861ad',
    500: '#52218a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52218a;
$custom-light: #8861ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52218a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38103,
    "c": 0.16256,
    "h": 299.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52218A

secondary

#87B94E

accent

#E54399

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #52218A

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

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