#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
RGBrgb(82, 23, 141)
HSLhsl(270, 72%, 32%)
HSVhsv(270, 84%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(41.8%, 83.7%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LABlab(24.73, 48.83, -53.17)
CIE-LCHlch(24.73, 72.20, 312.56°)
OKLaboklab(37.36% 0.0884 -0.1521)
OKLCHoklch(37.36% 0.176 300.2)
XYZxyz(8.5926, 4.3296, 25.5771)
Luminance0.0433 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

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
##52178D1.0011.251.8711.25
#FFFFFF11.251.0021.001.00
#0000001.8721.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF11.251.0021.001.00

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

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#52178D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva