#52236C#52236C

#52236C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.126 H 311.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52236C
RGB	rgb(82, 35, 108)
HSL	hsl(279, 51%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(279, 68%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.1%, 67.6%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.93, 35.32, -33.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.93, 48.72, 316.47°)
OKLab	oklab(35.95% 0.0831 -0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(35.95% 0.126 311.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.7870, 4.0788, 14.6142)
Luminance	0.0408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52236C #3D6C23

analogous

#2D236C #52236C #6C2361

triadic

#52236C #6C5223 #236C52

tetradic

#52236C #6C2D23 #3D6C23 #23616C

square

#52236C #6C2D23 #3D6C23 #23616C

split-complementary

#52236C #616C23 #236C2D

monochromatic

#120717 #2F143E #52236C #75329A #9746C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.57

#52236C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#52236C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52236C

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52236C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52236C	1.00	11.57	1.82	11.57
#FFFFFF	11.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00376E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B3A6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F3144

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52236c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 35, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.126 311.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52236c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.63,
    "s": 51.049,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35954,
    "c": 0.12591,
    "h": 311.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52236C

secondary

#699F4B

accent

#DB4D80

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #52236C

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

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