#52137E#52137E

#52137E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.164 H 305.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52137E
RGB	rgb(82, 19, 126)
HSL	hsl(275, 74%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(275, 85%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 84.9%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.88, 46.65, -46.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.88, 66.06, 314.92°)
OKLab	oklab(35.66% 0.0962 -0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(35.66% 0.164 305.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.4776, 3.7660, 20.0676)
Luminance	0.0377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.69

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52137E #3F7E13

analogous

#1C137E #52137E #7E1374

triadic

#52137E #7E5213 #137E52

tetradic

#52137E #7E1C13 #3F7E13 #13747E

square

#52137E #7E1C13 #3F7E13 #13747E

split-complementary

#52137E #747E13 #137E1C

monochromatic

#11041B #2F0B49 #52137E #751BB3 #962CDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.98

#52137E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#52137E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52137E

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52137E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52137E	1.00	11.98	1.75	11.98
#FFFFFF	11.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003581

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00377C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A314A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52137e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 19, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.164 305.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885aa4',
    500: '#52137e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52137e;
$custom-light: #885aa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52137e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.327,
    "s": 73.793,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35659,
    "c": 0.16439,
    "h": 305.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52137E

secondary

#6CB439

accent

#F03783

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #52137E

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

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