#52178C#52178C

#52178C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.175 H 300.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52178C
RGB	rgb(82, 23, 140)
HSL	hsl(270, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(270, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 83.6%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.64, 48.59, -52.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.64, 71.68, 312.67°)
OKLab	oklab(37.27% 0.0887 -0.1507)
OKLCH	oklch(37.27% 0.175 300.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.5185, 4.3000, 25.1870)
Luminance	0.0430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52178C #518C17

analogous

#17178C #52178C #8C178C

triadic

#52178C #8C5217 #178C52

tetradic

#52178C #8C1717 #518C17 #178C8C

square

#52178C #8C1717 #518C17 #178C8C

split-complementary

#52178C #8C8C17 #178C17

monochromatic

#140623 #330E57 #52178C #7120C1 #8F3EDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.29

#52178C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#52178C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52178C

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52178C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52178C	1.00	11.29	1.86	11.29
#FFFFFF	11.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443853

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52178c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 23, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.175 300.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895daf',
    500: '#52178c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52178c;
$custom-light: #895daf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52178c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.256,
    "s": 71.779,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37269,
    "c": 0.17489,
    "h": 300.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52178C

secondary

#7FBF3F

accent

#EF3993

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #52178C

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

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