#52178F#52178F

#52178F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.178 H 299.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52178F
RGB	rgb(82, 23, 143)
HSL	hsl(270, 72%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(270, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.7%, 83.9%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.92, 49.32, -54.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.92, 73.22, 312.35°)
OKLab	oklab(37.55% 0.0877 -0.1549)
OKLCH	oklch(37.55% 0.178 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.7427, 4.3897, 26.3680)
Luminance	0.0439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52178F #548F17

analogous

#17188F #52178F #8E178F

triadic

#52178F #8F5217 #178F52

tetradic

#52178F #8F1718 #548F17 #178F8E

square

#52178F #8F1718 #548F17 #178F8E

split-complementary

#52178F #8F8E17 #188F17

monochromatic

#160626 #340F5A #52178F #701FC4 #8F40E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.18

#52178F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#52178F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52178F

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52178F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52178F	1.00	11.18	1.88	11.18
#FFFFFF	11.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#433A55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52178f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 23, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.178 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895db1',
    500: '#52178f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52178f;
$custom-light: #895db1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52178f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.5,
    "s": 72.289,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37549,
    "c": 0.17796,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52178F

secondary

#82C141

accent

#EF3995

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #52178F

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

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