#52228A#52228A

#52228A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.161 H 299.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52228A
RGB	rgb(82, 34, 138)
HSL	hsl(268, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(268, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.6%, 75.4%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.08, 43.43, -49.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.08, 65.56, 311.49°)
OKLab	oklab(38.22% 0.0798 -0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(38.22% 0.161 299.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.6380, 4.7728, 24.5060)
Luminance	0.0477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52228A #5A8A22

analogous

#22268A #52228A #86228A

triadic

#52228A #8A5222 #228A52

tetradic

#52228A #8A2226 #5A8A22 #228A86

square

#52228A #8A2226 #5A8A22 #228A86

split-complementary

#52228A #8A8622 #268A22

monochromatic

#180A28 #351659 #52228A #6F2EBB #8E52D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.74

#52228A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#52228A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52228A

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52228A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52228A	1.00	10.74	1.95	10.74
#FFFFFF	10.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453C54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52228a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 34, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.161 299.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8862ad',
    500: '#52228a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52228a;
$custom-light: #8862ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52228a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.692,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3822,
    "c": 0.16139,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52228A

secondary

#88B850

accent

#E4449A

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #52228A

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

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