#52485E#52485E

#52485E is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.038 H 305.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52485E
RGB	rgb(82, 72, 94)
HSL	hsl(267, 13%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(267, 23%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 23.4%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.34, 9.08, -11.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.34, 14.57, 308.55°)
OKLab	oklab(42.02% 0.0221 -0.031)
OKLCH	oklch(42.02% 0.038 305.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.8170, 7.2367, 11.5725)
Luminance	0.0724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52485E #545E48

analogous

#48495E #52485E #5D485E

triadic

#52485E #5E5248 #485E52

tetradic

#52485E #5E4849 #545E48 #485E5D

square

#52485E #5E4849 #545E48 #485E5D

split-complementary

#52485E #5E5D48 #495E48

monochromatic

#161319 #342D3B #52485E #706381 #8F829F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.58

#52485E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#52485E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52485E

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52485E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52485E	1.00	8.58	2.45	8.58
#FFFFFF	8.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#444C5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#464C5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#504B50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52485e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 72, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.038 305.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827b8b',
    500: '#52485e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52485e;
$custom-light: #827b8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52485e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.273,
    "s": 13.253,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42021,
    "c": 0.03804,
    "h": 305.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52485E

secondary

#828D75

accent

#B67297

background

#F8F7F8

surface

#EFEDF0

border

#CAC8CB

text

#0A090C

muted

#7C7B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #52485E

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

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