#52178A#52178A

#52178A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.173 H 301.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52178A
RGB	rgb(82, 23, 138)
HSL	hsl(271, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(271, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.6%, 83.3%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.45, 48.10, -51.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.45, 70.66, 312.90°)
OKLab	oklab(37.08% 0.0894 -0.148)
OKLCH	oklch(37.08% 0.173 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.3724, 4.2415, 24.4174)
Luminance	0.0424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52178A #4F8A17

analogous

#19178A #52178A #8A1789

triadic

#52178A #8A5217 #178A52

tetradic

#52178A #8A1917 #4F8A17 #17898A

square

#52178A #8A1917 #4F8A17 #17898A

split-complementary

#52178A #898A17 #178A19

monochromatic

#140621 #330E56 #52178A #7120BE #903DDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.36

#52178A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#52178A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52178A

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52178A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52178A	1.00	11.36	1.85	11.36
#FFFFFF	11.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003988

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453852

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52178a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 23, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.173 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895dad',
    500: '#52178a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52178a;
$custom-light: #895dad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52178a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.783,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37084,
    "c": 0.17285,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52178A

secondary

#7DBE3F

accent

#EE3A92

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #52178A

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

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