#52236E#52236E

#52236E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.128 H 310.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52236E
RGB	rgb(82, 35, 110)
HSL	hsl(278, 52%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(278, 68%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.5%, 68.2%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.07, 35.81, -34.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.07, 49.81, 315.97°)
OKLab	oklab(36.1% 0.083 -0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(36.1% 0.128 310.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.8946, 4.1218, 15.1812)
Luminance	0.0412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52236E #3F6E23

analogous

#2C236E #52236E #6E2364

triadic

#52236E #6E5223 #236E52

tetradic

#52236E #6E2C23 #3F6E23 #23646E

square

#52236E #6E2C23 #3F6E23 #23646E

split-complementary

#52236E #646E23 #236E2C

monochromatic

#110717 #2F1440 #52236E #75329C #9647C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.51

#52236E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#52236E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52236E

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52236E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52236E	1.00	11.51	1.82	11.51
#FFFFFF	11.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003770

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#193A6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E3245

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52236e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 35, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.128 310.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856198',
    500: '#52236e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52236e;
$custom-light: #856198;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52236e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.6,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.361,
    "c": 0.1282,
    "h": 310.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52236E

secondary

#6CA14C

accent

#DB4D82

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0EAF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #52236E

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

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