#52226B#52226B

#52226B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.126 H 312.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52226B
RGB	rgb(82, 34, 107)
HSL	hsl(279, 52%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(279, 68%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 68.2%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.67, 35.61, -33.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.67, 48.77, 316.89°)
OKLab	oklab(35.74% 0.0845 -0.0939)
OKLCH	oklch(35.74% 0.126 312)
XYZ	xyz(6.7051, 3.9996, 14.3259)
Luminance	0.0400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52226B #3B6B22

analogous

#2D226B #52226B #6B225F

triadic

#52226B #6B5222 #226B52

tetradic

#52226B #6B2D22 #3B6B22 #225F6B

square

#52226B #6B2D22 #3B6B22 #225F6B

split-complementary

#52226B #5F6B22 #226B2D

monochromatic

#120717 #2E133D #52226B #763199 #9844C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.67

#52226B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#52226B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52226B

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52226B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52226B	1.00	11.67	1.80	11.67
#FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00366D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B3969

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F3043

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52226b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 34, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.126 312.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856196',
    500: '#52226b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52226b;
$custom-light: #856196;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52226b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.452,
    "s": 51.773,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35744,
    "c": 0.1263,
    "h": 312
  },
  "luminance": 0.03999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52226B

secondary

#679F4A

accent

#DB4D7D

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #52226B

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

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