#52237C#52237C

#52237C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.144 H 304.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52237C
RGB	rgb(82, 35, 124)
HSL	hsl(272, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(272, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.9%, 71.8%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.11, 39.32, -41.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.11, 57.45, 313.19°)
OKLab	oklab(37.18% 0.0815 -0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(37.18% 0.144 304.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.7180, 4.4512, 19.5174)
Luminance	0.0445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.37

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52237C #4D7C23

analogous

#25237C #52237C #7C2379

triadic

#52237C #7C5223 #237C52

tetradic

#52237C #7C2523 #4D7C23 #23797C

square

#52237C #7C2523 #4D7C23 #23797C

split-complementary

#52237C #797C23 #237C25

monochromatic

#13081D #32164C #52237C #7230AC #904DCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.11

#52237C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#52237C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52237C

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52237C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52237C	1.00	11.11	1.89	11.11
#FFFFFF	11.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A374D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52237c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 35, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.144 304.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8762a3',
    500: '#52237c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52237c;
$custom-light: #8762a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52237c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.685,
    "s": 55.975,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37176,
    "c": 0.14425,
    "h": 304.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52237C

secondary

#7BAF4C

accent

#DF4990

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #52237C

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

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