#52237B#52237B

#52237B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.143 H 304.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52237B
RGB	rgb(82, 35, 123)
HSL	hsl(272, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(272, 72%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 71.5%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.03, 39.06, -41.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.03, 56.91, 313.35°)
OKLab	oklab(37.1% 0.0816 -0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(37.1% 0.143 304.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.6551, 4.4260, 19.1861)
Luminance	0.0443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.45

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52237B #4C7B23

analogous

#26237B #52237B #7B2378

triadic

#52237B #7B5223 #237B52

tetradic

#52237B #7B2623 #4C7B23 #23787B

square

#52237B #7B2623 #4C7B23 #23787B

split-complementary

#52237B #787B23 #237B26

monochromatic

#12081C #32154B #52237B #7231AB #914CCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.14

#52237B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#52237B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52237B

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52237B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52237B	1.00	11.14	1.89	11.14
#FFFFFF	11.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#013B79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A374C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52237b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 35, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.143 304.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8662a2',
    500: '#52237b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52237b;
$custom-light: #8662a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52237b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.045,
    "s": 55.696,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37096,
    "c": 0.14311,
    "h": 304.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52237B

secondary

#7AAE4C

accent

#DF498F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF3

border

#CBC6CD

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #52237B

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

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