#52177B#52177B

#52177B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.158 H 306.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52177B
RGB	rgb(82, 23, 123)
HSL	hsl(275, 68%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(275, 81%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 81.3%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.12, 44.48, -44.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.12, 62.90, 315.00°)
OKLab	oklab(35.75% 0.0938 -0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(35.75% 0.158 306.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.3604, 3.8368, 19.0879)
Luminance	0.0384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.44

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52177B #407B17

analogous

#20177B #52177B #7B1772

triadic

#52177B #7B5217 #177B52

tetradic

#52177B #7B2017 #407B17 #17727B

square

#52177B #7B2017 #407B17 #17727B

split-complementary

#52177B #727B17 #177B20

monochromatic

#11051A #300D47 #52177B #7421AF #9533D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.88

#52177B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#52177B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52177B

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52177B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52177B	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)

#00357E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003779

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B3149

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52177b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 23, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.158 306.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875ca2',
    500: '#52177b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52177b;
$custom-light: #875ca2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52177b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.4,
    "s": 68.493,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35747,
    "c": 0.15755,
    "h": 306.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52177B

secondary

#6DB03E

accent

#EB3C84

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #52177B

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

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