#52228B#52228B

#52228B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.163 H 299.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52228B
RGB	rgb(82, 34, 139)
HSL	hsl(267, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(267, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(41%, 75.5%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.16, 43.69, -49.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.16, 66.09, 311.38°)
OKLab	oklab(38.31% 0.0796 -0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(38.31% 0.163 299.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.7107, 4.8019, 24.8890)
Luminance	0.0480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52228B #5B8B22

analogous

#22268B #52228B #87228B

triadic

#52228B #8B5222 #228B52

tetradic

#52228B #8B2226 #5B8B22 #228B87

square

#52228B #8B2226 #5B8B22 #228B87

split-complementary

#52228B #8B8722 #268B22

monochromatic

#180A29 #35165A #52228B #6F2EBC #8E53D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.71

#52228B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#52228B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52228B

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52228B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52228B	1.00	10.71	1.96	10.71
#FFFFFF	10.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443D55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52228b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 34, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.163 299.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8862ae',
    500: '#52228b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52228b;
$custom-light: #8862ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52228b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.429,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38307,
    "c": 0.16251,
    "h": 299.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52228B

secondary

#89B850

accent

#E4449B

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #52228B

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

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