#52238C#52238C

#52238C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.162 H 298.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52238C
RGB	rgb(82, 35, 140)
HSL	hsl(267, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(267, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 75%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.42, 43.48, -49.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.42, 66.11, 311.12°)
OKLab	oklab(38.51% 0.0784 -0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(38.51% 0.162 298.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.8131, 4.8892, 25.2853)
Luminance	0.0489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52238C #5D8C23

analogous

#23298C #52238C #87238C

triadic

#52238C #8C5223 #238C52

tetradic

#52238C #8C2329 #5D8C23 #238C87

square

#52238C #8C2329 #5D8C23 #238C87

split-complementary

#52238C #8C8723 #298C23

monochromatic

#190B2A #35175B #52238C #6F2FBD #8E55D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.62

#52238C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#52238C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52238C

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52238C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52238C	1.00	10.62	1.98	10.62
#FFFFFF	10.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443E55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52238c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 35, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.162 298.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52238c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.857,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38513,
    "c": 0.16247,
    "h": 298.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52238C

secondary

#8BB852

accent

#E3459C

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #52238C

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

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