#52258B#52258B

#52258B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.159 H 298.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52258B
RGB	rgb(82, 37, 139)
HSL	hsl(266, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(266, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(41%, 73.4%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.68, 42.23, -48.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.68, 64.50, 310.90°)
OKLab	oklab(38.67% 0.0766 -0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(38.67% 0.159 298.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.8003, 4.9809, 24.9189)
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

#52258B #5E8B25

analogous

#252B8B #52258B #85258B

triadic

#52258B #8B5225 #258B52

tetradic

#52258B #8B252B #5E8B25 #258B85

square

#52258B #8B252B #5E8B25 #258B85

split-complementary

#52258B #8B8525 #2B8B25

monochromatic

#190B2A #35185B #52258B #6F32BB #8E58D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.52

#52258B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#52258B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52258B

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52258B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52258B	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)

#003F8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443E55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52258b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 37, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.159 298.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8864ae',
    500: '#52258b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52258b;
$custom-light: #8864ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52258b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.471,
    "s": 57.955,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38673,
    "c": 0.15891,
    "h": 298.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52258B

secondary

#8CB755

accent

#E1479D

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #52258B

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

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