#52157E#52157E

#52157E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.163 H 305.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52157E
RGB	rgb(82, 21, 126)
HSL	hsl(275, 71%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(275, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 83.3%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.12, 45.95, -46.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.12, 65.29, 314.73°)
OKLab	oklab(35.83% 0.0947 -0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(35.83% 0.163 305.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.5129, 3.8366, 20.0794)
Luminance	0.0384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.92

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52157E #417E15

analogous

#1D157E #52157E #7E1576

triadic

#52157E #7E5215 #157E52

tetradic

#52157E #7E1D15 #417E15 #15767E

square

#52157E #7E1D15 #417E15 #15767E

split-complementary

#52157E #767E15 #157E1D

monochromatic

#11041A #300C4A #52157E #741EB2 #9531DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.88

#52157E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#52157E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52157E

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52157E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52157E	1.00	11.88	1.77	11.88
#FFFFFF	11.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003681

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00377C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A314A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52157e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 21, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.163 305.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885ba4',
    500: '#52157e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52157e;
$custom-light: #885ba4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52157e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.857,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35827,
    "c": 0.16256,
    "h": 305.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52157E

secondary

#6EB33C

accent

#EE3A85

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #52157E

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

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