#52238D#52238D

#52238D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.164 H 298.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52238D
RGB	rgb(82, 35, 141)
HSL	hsl(267, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(267, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 75.2%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.50, 43.74, -50.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.50, 66.64, 311.02°)
OKLab	oklab(38.6% 0.0782 -0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(38.6% 0.164 298.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.8872, 4.9189, 25.6753)
Luminance	0.0492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52238D #5E8D23

analogous

#23298D #52238D #87238D

triadic

#52238D #8D5223 #238D52

tetradic

#52238D #8D2329 #5E8D23 #238D87

square

#52238D #8D2329 #5E8D23 #238D87

split-complementary

#52238D #8D8723 #298D23

monochromatic

#190B2B #35175C #52238D #6F2FBE #8E55D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.59

#52238D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#52238D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52238D

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52238D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52238D	1.00	10.59	1.98	10.59
#FFFFFF	10.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443E56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52238d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 35, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.164 298.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8863af',
    500: '#52238d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52238d;
$custom-light: #8863af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52238d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.604,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.386,
    "c": 0.1636,
    "h": 298.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52238D

secondary

#8CB953

accent

#E3449D

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #52238D

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

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