#52236B#52236B

#52236B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.125 H 311.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52236B
RGB	rgb(82, 35, 107)
HSL	hsl(279, 51%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(279, 67%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 67.3%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.86, 35.08, -33.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.86, 48.18, 316.73°)
OKLab	oklab(35.88% 0.0832 -0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(35.88% 0.125 311.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.7341, 4.0576, 14.3355)
Luminance	0.0406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52236B #3C6B23

analogous

#2E236B #52236B #6B2360

triadic

#52236B #6B5223 #236B52

tetradic

#52236B #6B2E23 #3C6B23 #23606B

square

#52236B #6B2E23 #3C6B23 #23606B

split-complementary

#52236B #606B23 #236B2E

monochromatic

#120817 #2F143D #52236B #753299 #9746C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.59

#52236B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#52236B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52236B

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52236B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52236B	1.00	11.59	1.81	11.59
#FFFFFF	11.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#01366D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C3A69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F3143

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52236b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 35, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.125 311.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856196',
    500: '#52236b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52236b;
$custom-light: #856196;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52236b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.167,
    "s": 50.704,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35882,
    "c": 0.12476,
    "h": 311.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52236B

secondary

#689E4B

accent

#DA4E7E

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #52236B

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

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