#52156E#52156E

#52156E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.147 H 312.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52156E
RGB	rgb(82, 21, 110)
HSL	hsl(281, 68%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(281, 81%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.5%, 80.9%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.79, 42.25, -38.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.79, 57.03, 317.80°)
OKLab	oklab(34.47% 0.0987 -0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(34.47% 0.147 312.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.5618, 3.4561, 15.0703)
Luminance	0.0346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52156E #316E15

analogous

#26156E #52156E #6E155D

triadic

#52156E #6E5215 #156E52

tetradic

#52156E #6E2615 #316E15 #155D6E

square

#52156E #6E2615 #316E15 #155D6E

split-complementary

#52156E #5D6E15 #156E26

monochromatic

#13051A #2C0B3B #52156E #781FA1 #9F29D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.42

#52156E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#52156E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52156E

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52156E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52156E	1.00	12.42	1.69	12.42
#FFFFFF	12.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003170

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#06356C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F2A41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52156e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 21, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.147 312.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865a98',
    500: '#52156e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52156e;
$custom-light: #865a98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52156e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.124,
    "s": 67.939,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34472,
    "c": 0.14661,
    "h": 312.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52156E

secondary

#5CA43A

accent

#EB3D74

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #52156E

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

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