#52137B#52137B

#52137B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.161 H 307.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52137B
RGB	rgb(82, 19, 123)
HSL	hsl(276, 73%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(276, 85%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 84.6%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.62, 45.95, -45.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.62, 64.53, 315.41°)
OKLab	oklab(35.39% 0.0971 -0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(35.39% 0.161 307)
XYZ	xyz(7.2869, 3.6897, 19.0634)
Luminance	0.0369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.98

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52137B #3C7B13

analogous

#1E137B #52137B #7B1370

triadic

#52137B #7B5213 #137B52

tetradic

#52137B #7B1E13 #3C7B13 #13707B

square

#52137B #7B1E13 #3C7B13 #13707B

split-complementary

#52137B #707B13 #137B1E

monochromatic

#12041B #2F0B46 #52137B #751BB0 #972ADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.08

#52137B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#52137B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52137B

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52137B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52137B	1.00	12.08	1.74	12.08
#FFFFFF	12.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00347E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003679

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B2F48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52137b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 19, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.161 307.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875aa2',
    500: '#52137b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52137b;
$custom-light: #875aa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52137b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.346,
    "s": 73.239,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35394,
    "c": 0.16144,
    "h": 307
  },
  "luminance": 0.0369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52137B

secondary

#68B139

accent

#F03880

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #52137B

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

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