#52157D#52157D

#52157D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.162 H 306.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52157D
RGB	rgb(82, 21, 125)
HSL	hsl(275, 71%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(275, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.4%, 83.2%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.04, 45.71, -45.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.04, 64.77, 314.89°)
OKLab	oklab(35.74% 0.0949 -0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(35.74% 0.162 306)
XYZ	xyz(7.4487, 3.8109, 19.7412)
Luminance	0.0381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.00

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52157D #407D15

analogous

#1E157D #52157D #7D1574

triadic

#52157D #7D5215 #157D52

tetradic

#52157D #7D1E15 #407D15 #15747D

square

#52157D #7D1E15 #407D15 #15747D

split-complementary

#52157D #747D15 #157D1E

monochromatic

#11041A #300C49 #52157D #741EB1 #9530DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.92

#52157D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#52157D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52157D

11.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52157D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52157D	1.00	11.92	1.76	11.92
#FFFFFF	11.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003580

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00377B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A314A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52157d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 21, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.162 306.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885ba3',
    500: '#52157d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52157d;
$custom-light: #885ba3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52157d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.192,
    "s": 71.233,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35739,
    "c": 0.16156,
    "h": 306
  },
  "luminance": 0.03811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52157D

secondary

#6DB23C

accent

#EE3A84

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #52157D

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

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