#52157A#52157A

#52157A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.159 H 307.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52157A
RGB	rgb(82, 21, 122)
HSL	hsl(276, 71%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(276, 83%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.8%, 82.8%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.78, 45.00, -44.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.78, 63.23, 315.38°)
OKLab	oklab(35.48% 0.0958 -0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(35.48% 0.159 307.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.2599, 3.7354, 18.7471)
Luminance	0.0374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52157A #3D7A15

analogous

#20157A #52157A #7A156F

triadic

#52157A #7A5215 #157A52

tetradic

#52157A #7A2015 #3D7A15 #156F7A

square

#52157A #7A2015 #3D7A15 #156F7A

split-complementary

#52157A #6F7A15 #157A20

monochromatic

#12041A #2F0C46 #52157A #751EAE #972EDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.02

#52157A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#52157A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52157A

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52157A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52157A	1.00	12.02	1.75	12.02
#FFFFFF	12.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00347D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003778

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B3048

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52157a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 21, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.159 307.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875ba1',
    500: '#52157a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52157a;
$custom-light: #875ba1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52157a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.238,
    "s": 70.629,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35477,
    "c": 0.15856,
    "h": 307.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52157A

secondary

#69AF3B

accent

#ED3A81

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F3

border

#CBC5CD

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #52157A

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

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