#52235E#52235E

#52235E is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.110 H 319.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52235E
RGB	rgb(82, 35, 94)
HSL	hsl(288, 46%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(288, 63%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 62.8%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.01, 32.03, -25.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.01, 41.18, 321.06°)
OKLab	oklab(34.99% 0.0831 -0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(34.99% 0.11 319)
XYZ	xyz(6.1008, 3.8043, 11.0004)
Luminance	0.0380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52235E #2F5E23

analogous

#35235E #52235E #5E234C

triadic

#52235E #5E5223 #235E52

tetradic

#52235E #5E3523 #2F5E23 #234C5E

square

#52235E #5E3523 #2F5E23 #234C5E

split-complementary

#52235E #4C5E23 #235E35

monochromatic

#130816 #2B1231 #52235E #79348B #A044B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.93

#52235E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#52235E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52235E

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52235E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52235E	1.00	11.93	1.76	11.93
#FFFFFF	11.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#153460

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#27395C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#522C3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52235e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 35, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.110 319.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85618c',
    500: '#52235e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52235e;
$custom-light: #85618c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52235e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.797,
    "s": 45.736,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34994,
    "c": 0.11005,
    "h": 319
  },
  "luminance": 0.03804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52235E

secondary

#59924B

accent

#D5526D

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFEAF0

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0B050C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #52235E

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

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