#52236D#52236D

#52236D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.127 H 310.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52236D
RGB	rgb(82, 35, 109)
HSL	hsl(278, 51%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(278, 68%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 67.9%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.00, 35.57, -34.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.00, 49.26, 316.21°)
OKLab	oklab(36.03% 0.0831 -0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(36.03% 0.127 310.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.8405, 4.1002, 14.8961)
Luminance	0.0410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52236D #3E6D23

analogous

#2D236D #52236D #6D2363

triadic

#52236D #6D5223 #236D52

tetradic

#52236D #6D2D23 #3E6D23 #23636D

square

#52236D #6D2D23 #3E6D23 #23636D

split-complementary

#52236D #636D23 #236D2D

monochromatic

#110717 #2F143F #52236D #75329B #9647C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.54

#52236D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#52236D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52236D

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52236D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52236D	1.00	11.54	1.82	11.54
#FFFFFF	11.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00376F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A3A6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F3244

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52236d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 35, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.127 310.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856197',
    500: '#52236d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52236d;
$custom-light: #856197;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52236d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.108,
    "s": 51.389,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36027,
    "c": 0.12704,
    "h": 310.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52236D

secondary

#6AA04B

accent

#DB4D81

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #52236D

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

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