#52177E#52177E

#52177E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.161 H 305.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52177E
RGB	rgb(82, 23, 126)
HSL	hsl(274, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(274, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 81.7%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.38, 45.20, -45.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.38, 64.46, 314.52°)
OKLab	oklab(36.01% 0.093 -0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(36.01% 0.161 305.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.5511, 3.9130, 20.0921)
Luminance	0.0391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.17

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52177E #437E17

analogous

#1F177E #52177E #7E1777

triadic

#52177E #7E5217 #177E52

tetradic

#52177E #7E1F17 #437E17 #17777E

square

#52177E #7E1F17 #437E17 #17777E

split-complementary

#52177E #777E17 #177E1F

monochromatic

#11051A #300E4A #52177E #7420B2 #9435DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.78

#52177E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#52177E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52177E

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52177E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52177E	1.00	11.78	1.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	11.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003681

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00387C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A324B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52177e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 23, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.161 305.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885ca4',
    500: '#52177e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52177e;
$custom-light: #885ca4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52177e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.369,
    "s": 69.128,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36007,
    "c": 0.16061,
    "h": 305.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52177E

secondary

#70B33E

accent

#EC3C87

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #52177E

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

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