#52178D#52178D

#52178D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.176 H 300.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52178D
RGB	rgb(82, 23, 141)
HSL	hsl(270, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(270, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 83.7%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.73, 48.83, -53.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.73, 72.20, 312.56°)
OKLab	oklab(37.36% 0.0884 -0.1521)
OKLCH	oklch(37.36% 0.176 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.5926, 4.3296, 25.5771)
Luminance	0.0433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52178D #528D17

analogous

#17178D #52178D #8D178D

triadic

#52178D #8D5217 #178D52

tetradic

#52178D #8D1717 #528D17 #178D8D

square

#52178D #8D1717 #528D17 #178D8D

split-complementary

#52178D #8D8D17 #178D17

monochromatic

#150624 #330E58 #52178D #7120C2 #8F3FE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.25

#52178D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#52178D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52178D

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52178D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52178D	1.00	11.25	1.87	11.25
#FFFFFF	11.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443953

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52178d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 23, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.176 300.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52178d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37362,
    "c": 0.17591,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52178D

secondary

#80C040

accent

#EF3994

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #52178D

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

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