#52227A#52227A

#52227A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.143 H 305.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52227A
RGB	rgb(82, 34, 122)
HSL	hsl(273, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(273, 72%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.8%, 72.1%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.77, 39.31, -41.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.77, 56.92, 313.68°)
OKLab	oklab(36.89% 0.0829 -0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(36.89% 0.143 305.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.5638, 4.3431, 18.8484)
Luminance	0.0434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52227A #4A7A22

analogous

#26227A #52227A #7A2276

triadic

#52227A #7A5222 #227A52

tetradic

#52227A #7A2622 #4A7A22 #22767A

square

#52227A #7A2622 #4A7A22 #22767A

split-complementary

#52227A #767A22 #227A26

monochromatic

#12071A #32154A #52227A #722FAA #914ACD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.24

#52227A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#52227A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52227A

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52227A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52227A	1.00	11.24	1.87	11.24
#FFFFFF	11.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00397D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#013B78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B364B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52227a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 34, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.143 305.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8661a1',
    500: '#52227a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52227a;
$custom-light: #8661a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52227a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.727,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36888,
    "c": 0.14332,
    "h": 305.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52227A

secondary

#77AD4B

accent

#E0488D

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF3

border

#CBC6CD

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #52227A

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

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