#52218E#52218E

#52218E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.167 H 298.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52218E
RGB	rgb(82, 33, 142)
HSL	hsl(267, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(267, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.3%, 76.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.26, 44.95, -51.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.26, 68.20, 311.22°)
OKLab	oklab(38.45% 0.0798 -0.1467)
OKLCH	oklch(38.45% 0.167 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.9048, 4.8344, 26.0499)
Luminance	0.0483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52218E #5D8E21

analogous

#21278E #52218E #89218E

triadic

#52218E #8E5221 #218E52

tetradic

#52218E #8E2127 #5D8E21 #218E89

square

#52218E #8E2127 #5D8E21 #218E89

split-complementary

#52218E #8E8921 #278E21

monochromatic

#190A2B #35155C #52218E #6F2DC0 #8E52D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.68

#52218E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#52218E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52218E

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52218E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52218E	1.00	10.68	1.97	10.68
#FFFFFF	10.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#433E56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52218e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 33, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.167 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8962b0',
    500: '#52218e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52218e;
$custom-light: #8962b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52218e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.972,
    "s": 62.286,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38454,
    "c": 0.167,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52218E

secondary

#8BBA50

accent

#E5429C

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #52218E

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

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