#52237E#52237E

#52237E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.147 H 303.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52237E
RGB	rgb(82, 35, 126)
HSL	hsl(271, 57%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(271, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 72.2%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.27, 39.83, -42.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.27, 58.54, 312.88°)
OKLab	oklab(37.34% 0.0812 -0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(37.34% 0.147 303.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.8457, 4.5023, 20.1903)
Luminance	0.0450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.22

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52237E #4F7E23

analogous

#25237E #52237E #7E237D

triadic

#52237E #7E5223 #237E52

tetradic

#52237E #7E2523 #4F7E23 #237D7E

square

#52237E #7E2523 #4F7E23 #237D7E

split-complementary

#52237E #7D7E23 #237E25

monochromatic

#14081E #33164E #52237E #7130AE #904ECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.05

#52237E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#52237E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52237E

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52237E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52237E	1.00	11.05	1.90	11.05
#FFFFFF	11.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#49384E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52237e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 35, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.147 303.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8762a4',
    500: '#52237e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52237e;
$custom-light: #8762a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52237e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.989,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37337,
    "c": 0.14654,
    "h": 303.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52237E

secondary

#7DB04C

accent

#E04891

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #52237E

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

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