#52177F#52177F

#52177F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.162 H 305.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52177F
RGB	rgb(82, 23, 127)
HSL	hsl(274, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(274, 82%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.4%, 81.9%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.47, 45.44, -46.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.47, 64.98, 314.36°)
OKLab	oklab(36.1% 0.0927 -0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(36.1% 0.162 305)
XYZ	xyz(7.6160, 3.9390, 20.4336)
Luminance	0.0394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.10

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52177F #447F17

analogous

#1E177F #52177F #7F1778

triadic

#52177F #7F5217 #177F52

tetradic

#52177F #7F1E17 #447F17 #17787F

square

#52177F #7F1E17 #447F17 #17787F

split-complementary

#52177F #787F17 #177F1E

monochromatic

#11051A #310E4B #52177F #7320B3 #9336DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.75

#52177F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#52177F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52177F

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52177F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52177F	1.00	11.75	1.79	11.75
#FFFFFF	11.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003682

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00387D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#49334B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52177f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 23, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.162 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885ca5',
    500: '#52177f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52177f;
$custom-light: #885ca5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52177f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.038,
    "s": 69.333,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36095,
    "c": 0.16163,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.03939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52177F

secondary

#71B43E

accent

#EC3C88

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #52177F

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

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