#52228D#52228D

#52228D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.165 H 298.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52228D
RGB	rgb(82, 34, 141)
HSL	hsl(267, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(267, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 75.9%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.33, 44.22, -50.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.33, 67.16, 311.17°)
OKLab	oklab(38.48% 0.0791 -0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(38.48% 0.165 298.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.8582, 4.8609, 25.6657)
Luminance	0.0486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52228D #5D8D22

analogous

#22288D #52228D #88228D

triadic

#52228D #8D5222 #228D52

tetradic

#52228D #8D2228 #5D8D22 #228D88

square

#52228D #8D2228 #5D8D22 #228D88

split-complementary

#52228D #8D8822 #288D22

monochromatic

#190A2A #35165C #52228D #6F2EBE #8E54D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.65

#52228D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#52228D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52228D

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52228D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52228D	1.00	10.65	1.97	10.65
#FFFFFF	10.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443E56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52228d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 34, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.165 298.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8862af',
    500: '#52228d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52228d;
$custom-light: #8862af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52228d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.916,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38482,
    "c": 0.16476,
    "h": 298.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52228D

secondary

#8BB951

accent

#E4449C

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #52228D

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

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