#52157F#52157F

#52157F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.164 H 305.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52157F
RGB	rgb(82, 21, 127)
HSL	hsl(275, 72%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(275, 83%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.4%, 83.5%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.21, 46.18, -46.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.21, 65.80, 314.57°)
OKLab	oklab(35.92% 0.0944 -0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(35.92% 0.164 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.5777, 3.8625, 20.4209)
Luminance	0.0386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.84

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52157F #427F15

analogous

#1D157F #52157F #7F1577

triadic

#52157F #7F5215 #157F52

tetradic

#52157F #7F1D15 #427F15 #15777F

square

#52157F #7F1D15 #427F15 #15777F

split-complementary

#52157F #777F15 #157F1D

monochromatic

#11041A #300C4A #52157F #741EB4 #9431DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.85

#52157F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#52157F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52157F

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52157F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52157F	1.00	11.85	1.77	11.85
#FFFFFF	11.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003682

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00377D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#49324B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52157f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 21, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.164 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885ba5',
    500: '#52157f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52157f;
$custom-light: #885ba5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52157f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.528,
    "s": 71.622,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35915,
    "c": 0.16356,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52157F

secondary

#6FB43C

accent

#EE3986

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #52157F

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

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