#52178E#52178E

#52178E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.177 H 299.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52178E
RGB	rgb(82, 23, 142)
HSL	hsl(270, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(270, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.3%, 83.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.83, 49.08, -53.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.83, 72.71, 312.46°)
OKLab	oklab(37.46% 0.088 -0.1535)
OKLCH	oklch(37.46% 0.177 299.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.6673, 4.3595, 25.9708)
Luminance	0.0436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52178E #538E17

analogous

#17188E #52178E #8E178E

triadic

#52178E #8E5217 #178E52

tetradic

#52178E #8E1718 #538E17 #178E8E

square

#52178E #8E1718 #538E17 #178E8E

split-complementary

#52178E #8E8E17 #188E17

monochromatic

#150625 #340E59 #52178E #7020C3 #8F3FE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.22

#52178E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#52178E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52178E

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52178E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52178E	1.00	11.22	1.87	11.22
#FFFFFF	11.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#433954

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52178e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 23, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.177 299.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895db0',
    500: '#52178e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52178e;
$custom-light: #895db0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52178e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.748,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37456,
    "c": 0.17694,
    "h": 299.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52178E

secondary

#81C040

accent

#EF3995

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #52178E

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

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