#52238B#52238B

#52238B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.161 H 299.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52238B
RGB	rgb(82, 35, 139)
HSL	hsl(267, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(267, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(41%, 74.8%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.33, 43.21, -49.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.33, 65.57, 311.23°)
OKLab	oklab(38.43% 0.0786 -0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(38.43% 0.161 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.7397, 4.8599, 24.8987)
Luminance	0.0486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52238B #5C8B23

analogous

#23288B #52238B #86238B

triadic

#52238B #8B5223 #238B52

tetradic

#52238B #8B2328 #5C8B23 #238B86

square

#52238B #8B2328 #5C8B23 #238B86

split-complementary

#52238B #8B8623 #288B23

monochromatic

#180A29 #35175A #52238B #6F2FBC #8E54D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.65

#52238B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#52238B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52238B

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52238B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52238B	1.00	10.65	1.97	10.65
#FFFFFF	10.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443D55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52238b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 35, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.161 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8863ae',
    500: '#52238b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52238b;
$custom-light: #8863ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52238b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.115,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38426,
    "c": 0.16134,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52238B

secondary

#8AB852

accent

#E3459C

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #52238B

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

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