#52157C#52157C

#52157C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.161 H 306.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52157C
RGB	rgb(82, 21, 124)
HSL	hsl(276, 71%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(276, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.9%, 83.1%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.95, 45.47, -45.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.95, 64.26, 315.05°)
OKLab	oklab(35.65% 0.0952 -0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(35.65% 0.161 306.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.3851, 3.7855, 19.4065)
Luminance	0.0379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.09

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52157C #3F7C15

analogous

#1E157C #52157C #7C1572

triadic

#52157C #7C5215 #157C52

tetradic

#52157C #7C1E15 #3F7C15 #15727C

square

#52157C #7C1E15 #3F7C15 #15727C

split-complementary

#52157C #727C15 #157C1E

monochromatic

#11041A #2F0C48 #52157C #751EB0 #9630DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.95

#52157C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#52157C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52157C

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52157C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52157C	1.00	11.95	1.76	11.95
#FFFFFF	11.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00377A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A3049

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52157c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 21, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.161 306.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875ba3',
    500: '#52157c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52157c;
$custom-light: #875ba3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52157c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.534,
    "s": 71.034,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35651,
    "c": 0.16056,
    "h": 306.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52157C

secondary

#6CB13C

accent

#EE3A83

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #52157C

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

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