#52236A#52236A

#52236A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.124 H 312.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52236A
RGB	rgb(82, 35, 106)
HSL	hsl(280, 50%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(280, 67%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.6%, 67%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.79, 34.84, -32.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.79, 47.63, 317.01°)
OKLab	oklab(35.81% 0.0832 -0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(35.81% 0.124 312.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.6818, 4.0367, 14.0601)
Luminance	0.0404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52236A #3B6A23

analogous

#2E236A #52236A #6A235F

triadic

#52236A #6A5223 #236A52

tetradic

#52236A #6A2E23 #3B6A23 #235F6A

square

#52236A #6A2E23 #3B6A23 #235F6A

split-complementary

#52236A #5F6A23 #236A2E

monochromatic

#120817 #2E143C #52236A #763298 #9846C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.62

#52236A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#52236A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52236A

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52236A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52236A	1.00	11.62	1.81	11.62
#FFFFFF	11.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#03366C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D3A68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F3143

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52236a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 35, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.124 312.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856195',
    500: '#52236a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52236a;
$custom-light: #856195;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52236a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.718,
    "s": 50.355,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35811,
    "c": 0.12361,
    "h": 312.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52236A

secondary

#679D4B

accent

#DA4E7D

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #52236A

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

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