#52256E#52256E

#52256E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.125 H 310.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52256E
RGB	rgb(82, 37, 110)
HSL	hsl(277, 50%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(277, 66%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.5%, 66.4%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.46, 34.74, -34.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.46, 48.61, 315.62°)
OKLab	oklab(36.38% 0.0804 -0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(36.38% 0.125 310)
XYZ	xyz(6.9552, 4.2429, 15.2014)
Luminance	0.0424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52256E #416E25

analogous

#2E256E #52256E #6E2566

triadic

#52256E #6E5225 #256E52

tetradic

#52256E #6E2E25 #416E25 #25666E

square

#52256E #6E2E25 #416E25 #25666E

split-complementary

#52256E #666E25 #256E2E

monochromatic

#110817 #301640 #52256E #74349C #954BC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.36

#52256E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#52256E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52256E

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52256E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52256E	1.00	11.36	1.85	11.36
#FFFFFF	11.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#013870

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C3B6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E3346

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52256e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 37, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.125 310.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856398',
    500: '#52256e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52256e;
$custom-light: #856398;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52256e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.986,
    "s": 49.66,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36381,
    "c": 0.12513,
    "h": 310
  },
  "luminance": 0.04243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52256E

secondary

#6EA14E

accent

#D94F84

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #52256E

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

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