#52235D#52235D

#52235D is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.109 H 319.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52235D
RGB	rgb(82, 35, 93)
HSL	hsl(289, 45%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(289, 62%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 62.4%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.95, 31.81, -25.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.95, 40.66, 321.48°)
OKLab	oklab(34.93% 0.083 -0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(34.93% 0.109 319.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.0562, 3.7865, 10.7657)
Luminance	0.0379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52235D #2E5D23

analogous

#35235D #52235D #5D234B

triadic

#52235D #5D5223 #235D52

tetradic

#52235D #5D3523 #2E5D23 #234B5D

square

#52235D #5D3523 #2E5D23 #234B5D

split-complementary

#52235D #4B5D23 #235D35

monochromatic

#140816 #2B1231 #52235D #793489 #A044B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.95

#52235D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#52235D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52235D

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52235D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52235D	1.00	11.95	1.76	11.95
#FFFFFF	11.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#16345F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#27385B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#522C3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52235d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 35, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.109 319.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84618b',
    500: '#52235d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52235d;
$custom-light: #84618b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52235d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.621,
    "s": 45.312,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3493,
    "c": 0.10893,
    "h": 319.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52235D

secondary

#58914B

accent

#D5536B

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFEAF0

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0B050C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #52235D

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

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