#52256A#52256A

#52256A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.120 H 311.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52256A
RGB	rgb(82, 37, 106)
HSL	hsl(279, 48%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(279, 65%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.6%, 65.1%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.19, 33.76, -31.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.19, 46.42, 316.67°)
OKLab	oklab(36.1% 0.0805 -0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(36.1% 0.12 311.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.7423, 4.1577, 14.0802)
Luminance	0.0416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52256A #3D6A25

analogous

#2F256A #52256A #6A255F

triadic

#52256A #6A5225 #256A52

tetradic

#52256A #6A2F25 #3D6A25 #255F6A

square

#52256A #6A2F25 #3D6A25 #255F6A

split-complementary

#52256A #5F6A25 #256A2F

monochromatic

#120817 #2F153D #52256A #753597 #974AC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.47

#52256A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#52256A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52256A

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52256A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52256A	1.00	11.47	1.83	11.47
#FFFFFF	11.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#09376C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F3A68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F3244

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52256a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 37, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.120 311.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856295',
    500: '#52256a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52256a;
$custom-light: #856295;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52256a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.13,
    "s": 48.252,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36096,
    "c": 0.12045,
    "h": 311.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52256A

secondary

#699D4E

accent

#D8507F

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF1

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0B050D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #52256A

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

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