#52236F#52236F

#52236F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.129 H 309.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52236F
RGB	rgb(82, 35, 111)
HSL	hsl(277, 52%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(277, 68%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.1%, 68.5%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.14, 36.06, -35.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.14, 50.36, 315.73°)
OKLab	oklab(36.17% 0.0829 -0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(36.17% 0.129 309.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.9494, 4.1437, 15.4696)
Luminance	0.0414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52236F #406F23

analogous

#2C236F #52236F #6F2366

triadic

#52236F #6F5223 #236F52

tetradic

#52236F #6F2C23 #406F23 #23666F

square

#52236F #6F2C23 #406F23 #23666F

split-complementary

#52236F #666F23 #236F2C

monochromatic

#110717 #301440 #52236F #74329E #9547C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.48

#52236F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#52236F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52236F

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52236F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52236F	1.00	11.48	1.83	11.48
#FFFFFF	11.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003771

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#183A6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E3245

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52236f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 35, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.129 309.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856199',
    500: '#52236f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52236f;
$custom-light: #856199;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52236f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.105,
    "s": 52.055,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36174,
    "c": 0.12934,
    "h": 309.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52236F

secondary

#6DA24C

accent

#DB4C83

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0EAF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #52236F

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

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