#52227D#52227D

#52227D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.147 H 304.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52227D
RGB	rgb(82, 34, 125)
HSL	hsl(272, 57%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(272, 73%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.4%, 72.8%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.01, 40.07, -42.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.01, 58.55, 313.19°)
OKLab	oklab(37.13% 0.0824 -0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(37.13% 0.147 304.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.7525, 4.4186, 19.8425)
Luminance	0.0442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.09

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52227D #4D7D22

analogous

#24227D #52227D #7D227A

triadic

#52227D #7D5222 #227D52

tetradic

#52227D #7D2422 #4D7D22 #227A7D

square

#52227D #7D2422 #4D7D22 #227A7D

split-complementary

#52227D #7A7D22 #227D24

monochromatic

#13081D #32154D #52227D #722FAD #904BCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.15

#52227D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#52227D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52227D

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52227D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52227D	1.00	11.15	1.88	11.15
#FFFFFF	11.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A374D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52227d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 34, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.147 304.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52227d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.648,
    "s": 57.233,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37129,
    "c": 0.14672,
    "h": 304.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52227D

secondary

#7BB04B

accent

#E04790

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #52227D

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

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