#52227B#52227B

#52227B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.144 H 304.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52227B
RGB	rgb(82, 34, 123)
HSL	hsl(272, 57%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(272, 72%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 72.4%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.85, 39.57, -41.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.85, 57.46, 313.52°)
OKLab	oklab(36.97% 0.0828 -0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(36.97% 0.144 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.6261, 4.3680, 19.1764)
Luminance	0.0437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.25

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52227B #4B7B22

analogous

#26227B #52227B #7B2277

triadic

#52227B #7B5222 #227B52

tetradic

#52227B #7B2622 #4B7B22 #22777B

square

#52227B #7B2622 #4B7B22 #22777B

split-complementary

#52227B #777B22 #227B26

monochromatic

#12071B #32154B #52227B #722FAB #914ACD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.21

#52227B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#52227B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52227B

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52227B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52227B	1.00	11.21	1.87	11.21
#FFFFFF	11.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A364C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52227b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 34, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.144 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8761a2',
    500: '#52227b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52227b;
$custom-light: #8761a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52227b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.36,
    "s": 56.688,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36968,
    "c": 0.14445,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52227B

secondary

#79AE4B

accent

#E0488E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF3

border

#CBC6CD

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #52227B

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

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