#52227C#52227C

#52227C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.146 H 304.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52227C
RGB	rgb(82, 34, 124)
HSL	hsl(272, 57%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(272, 73%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.9%, 72.6%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.93, 39.82, -42.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.93, 58.01, 313.35°)
OKLab	oklab(37.05% 0.0826 -0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(37.05% 0.146 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.6890, 4.3932, 19.5078)
Luminance	0.0439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.16

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52227C #4C7C22

analogous

#25227C #52227C #7C2279

triadic

#52227C #7C5222 #227C52

tetradic

#52227C #7C2522 #4C7C22 #22797C

square

#52227C #7C2522 #4C7C22 #22797C

split-complementary

#52227C #797C22 #227C25

monochromatic

#12081C #32154C #52227C #722FAC #914BCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.18

#52227C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#52227C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52227C

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52227C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52227C	1.00	11.18	1.88	11.18
#FFFFFF	11.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A374C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52227c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 34, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.146 304.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8761a3',
    500: '#52227c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52227c;
$custom-light: #8761a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52227c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272,
    "s": 56.962,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37048,
    "c": 0.14559,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52227C

secondary

#7AAF4B

accent

#E0488F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #52227C

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

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