#52237D#52237D

#52237D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.145 H 304.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52237D
RGB	rgb(82, 35, 125)
HSL	hsl(271, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(271, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.4%, 72%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.19, 39.57, -42.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.19, 57.99, 313.03°)
OKLab	oklab(37.26% 0.0813 -0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(37.26% 0.145 304)
XYZ	xyz(7.7815, 4.4766, 19.8522)
Luminance	0.0448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.29

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52237D #4E7D23

analogous

#25237D #52237D #7D237B

triadic

#52237D #7D5223 #237D52

tetradic

#52237D #7D2523 #4E7D23 #237B7D

square

#52237D #7D2523 #4E7D23 #237B7D

split-complementary

#52237D #7B7D23 #237D25

monochromatic

#13081D #33164D #52237D #7130AD #904DCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.08

#52237D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#52237D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52237D

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52237D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52237D	1.00	11.08	1.90	11.08
#FFFFFF	11.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A384D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52237d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 35, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.145 304.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52237d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.333,
    "s": 56.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37257,
    "c": 0.1454,
    "h": 304
  },
  "luminance": 0.04477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52237D

secondary

#7CAF4C

accent

#E04891

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #52237D

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

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