#52227E#52227E

#52227E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.148 H 303.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52227E
RGB	rgb(82, 34, 126)
HSL	hsl(271, 58%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(271, 73%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 73%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.09, 40.33, -43.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.09, 59.09, 313.04°)
OKLab	oklab(37.21% 0.0823 -0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(37.21% 0.148 303.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.8167, 4.4443, 20.1806)
Luminance	0.0444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.02

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52227E #4E7E22

analogous

#24227E #52227E #7E227C

triadic

#52227E #7E5222 #227E52

tetradic

#52227E #7E2422 #4E7E22 #227C7E

square

#52227E #7E2422 #4E7E22 #227C7E

split-complementary

#52227E #7C7E22 #227E24

monochromatic

#13081E #33154E #52227E #712FAE #904CCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.12

#52227E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#52227E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52227E

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52227E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52227E	1.00	11.12	1.89	11.12
#FFFFFF	11.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#49384D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52227e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 34, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.148 303.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8761a4',
    500: '#52227e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52227e;
$custom-light: #8761a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52227e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.304,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37211,
    "c": 0.14786,
    "h": 303.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52227E

secondary

#7CB14B

accent

#E14791

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #52227E

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

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