#52157B#52157B

#52157B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.160 H 306.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52157B
RGB	rgb(82, 21, 123)
HSL	hsl(276, 71%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(276, 83%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 82.9%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.86, 45.24, -44.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.86, 63.74, 315.21°)
OKLab	oklab(35.56% 0.0955 -0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(35.56% 0.16 306.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.3222, 3.7603, 19.0751)
Luminance	0.0376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.19

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52157B #3E7B15

analogous

#1F157B #52157B #7B1571

triadic

#52157B #7B5215 #157B52

tetradic

#52157B #7B1F15 #3E7B15 #15717B

square

#52157B #7B1F15 #3E7B15 #15717B

split-complementary

#52157B #717B15 #157B1F

monochromatic

#11041A #2F0C47 #52157B #751EAF #962FDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.99

#52157B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#52157B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52157B

11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52157B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52157B	1.00	11.99	1.75	11.99
#FFFFFF	11.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003779

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B3049

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52157b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 21, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.160 306.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875ba2',
    500: '#52157b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52157b;
$custom-light: #875ba2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52157b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.882,
    "s": 70.833,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35564,
    "c": 0.15956,
    "h": 306.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52157B

secondary

#6AB03B

accent

#EE3A82

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #52157B

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

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