#52237A#52237A

#52237A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.142 H 305.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52237A
RGB	rgb(82, 35, 122)
HSL	hsl(272, 55%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(272, 71%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.8%, 71.3%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.96, 38.81, -40.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.96, 56.36, 313.52°)
OKLab	oklab(37.02% 0.0818 -0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(37.02% 0.142 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.5928, 4.4011, 18.8581)
Luminance	0.0440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52237A #4B7A23

analogous

#26237A #52237A #7A2376

triadic

#52237A #7A5223 #237A52

tetradic

#52237A #7A2623 #4B7A23 #23767A

square

#52237A #7A2623 #4B7A23 #23767A

split-complementary

#52237A #767A23 #237A26

monochromatic

#12081B #32154A #52237A #7231AA #914CCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.17

#52237A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#52237A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52237A

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52237A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52237A	1.00	11.17	1.88	11.17
#FFFFFF	11.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#043B78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B374B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52237a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 35, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.142 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8662a1',
    500: '#52237a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52237a;
$custom-light: #8662a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52237a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.414,
    "s": 55.414,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37017,
    "c": 0.14196,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52237A

secondary

#79AD4C

accent

#DF498E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF3

border

#CBC6CD

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #52237A

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

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