#52218B#52218B

#52218B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.164 H 299.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52218B
RGB	rgb(82, 33, 139)
HSL	hsl(268, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(268, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(41%, 76.3%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.00, 44.16, -49.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.00, 66.61, 311.53°)
OKLab	oklab(38.19% 0.0806 -0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(38.19% 0.164 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.6826, 4.7455, 24.8796)
Luminance	0.0475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52218B #5A8B21

analogous

#21258B #52218B #87218B

triadic

#52218B #8B5221 #218B52

tetradic

#52218B #8B2125 #5A8B21 #218B87

square

#52218B #8B2125 #5A8B21 #218B87

split-complementary

#52218B #8B8721 #258B21

monochromatic

#180A28 #35155A #52218B #6F2DBC #8E51D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.77

#52218B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#52218B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52218B

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52218B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52218B	1.00	10.77	1.95	10.77
#FFFFFF	10.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443C54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52218b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 33, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.164 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8862ae',
    500: '#52218b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52218b;
$custom-light: #8862ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52218b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.736,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3819,
    "c": 0.16367,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52218B

secondary

#88B94F

accent

#E5439A

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #52218B

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

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