#52156C#52156C

#52156C is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.3% C 0.145 H 313.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52156C
RGB	rgb(82, 21, 108)
HSL	hsl(282, 67%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(282, 81%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.1%, 80.6%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.63, 41.80, -37.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.63, 56.00, 318.28°)
OKLab	oklab(34.31% 0.0991 -0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(34.31% 0.145 313.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.4541, 3.4131, 14.5033)
Luminance	0.0341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52156C #2F6C15

analogous

#26156C #52156C #6C155A

triadic

#52156C #6C5215 #156C52

tetradic

#52156C #6C2615 #2F6C15 #155A6C

square

#52156C #6C2615 #2F6C15 #155A6C

split-complementary

#52156C #5A6C15 #156C26

monochromatic

#13051A #2B0B39 #52156C #791F9F #A029D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.48

#52156C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#52156C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52156C

12.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52156C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52156C	1.00	12.48	1.68	12.48
#FFFFFF	12.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00316E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0B356A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F2940

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52156c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 21, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.3% 0.145 313.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865a97',
    500: '#52156c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52156c;
$custom-light: #865a97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52156c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.069,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34311,
    "c": 0.14464,
    "h": 313.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52156C

secondary

#59A33A

accent

#EA3D71

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040D

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #52156C

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

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