#52238F#52238F

#52238F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.166 H 297.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52238F
RGB	rgb(82, 35, 143)
HSL	hsl(266, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(266, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.7%, 75.5%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.67, 44.27, -51.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.67, 67.72, 310.83°)
OKLab	oklab(38.78% 0.0777 -0.1465)
OKLCH	oklch(38.78% 0.166 297.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.0374, 4.9789, 26.4662)
Luminance	0.0498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52238F #608F23

analogous

#232A8F #52238F #88238F

triadic

#52238F #8F5223 #238F52

tetradic

#52238F #8F232A #608F23 #238F88

square

#52238F #8F232A #608F23 #238F88

split-complementary

#52238F #8F8823 #2A8F23

monochromatic

#1A0B2D #36175E #52238F #6E2FC0 #8E57D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.52

#52238F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#52238F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52238F

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52238F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52238F	1.00	10.52	2.00	10.52
#FFFFFF	10.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#433F57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52238f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 35, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.166 297.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8963b1',
    500: '#52238f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52238f;
$custom-light: #8963b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52238f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.111,
    "s": 60.674,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38775,
    "c": 0.16586,
    "h": 297.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52238F

secondary

#8EBA54

accent

#E4449E

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #52238F

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

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