#52228C#52228C

#52228C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.164 H 299.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52228C
RGB	rgb(82, 34, 140)
HSL	hsl(267, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(267, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 75.7%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.25, 43.95, -50.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.25, 66.63, 311.28°)
OKLab	oklab(38.39% 0.0794 -0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(38.39% 0.164 299)
XYZ	xyz(8.7841, 4.8312, 25.2756)
Luminance	0.0483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52228C #5C8C22

analogous

#22278C #52228C #87228C

triadic

#52228C #8C5222 #228C52

tetradic

#52228C #8C2227 #5C8C22 #228C87

square

#52228C #8C2227 #5C8C22 #228C87

split-complementary

#52228C #8C8722 #278C22

monochromatic

#180A2A #35165B #52228C #6F2EBD #8E53D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.68

#52228C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#52228C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52228C

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52228C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52228C	1.00	10.68	1.97	10.68
#FFFFFF	10.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443D55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52228c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 34, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.164 299.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52228c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.17,
    "s": 60.92,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38394,
    "c": 0.16364,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.04831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52228C

secondary

#8AB951

accent

#E4449B

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #52228C

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

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