#52197B#52197B

#52197B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.155 H 306.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52197B
RGB	rgb(82, 25, 123)
HSL	hsl(275, 66%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(275, 80%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 79.7%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.40, 43.68, -44.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.40, 62.02, 314.77°)
OKLab	oklab(35.94% 0.092 -0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(35.94% 0.155 306.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.4017, 3.9192, 19.1016)
Luminance	0.0392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.71

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52197B #427B19

analogous

#21197B #52197B #7B1973

triadic

#52197B #7B5219 #197B52

tetradic

#52197B #7B2119 #427B19 #19737B

square

#52197B #7B2119 #427B19 #19737B

split-complementary

#52197B #737B19 #197B21

monochromatic

#110519 #300F48 #52197B #7423AE #9438D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.77

#52197B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#52197B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52197B

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52197B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52197B	1.00	11.77	1.78	11.77
#FFFFFF	11.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003879

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B3249

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52197b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 25, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.155 306.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875da2',
    500: '#52197b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52197b;
$custom-light: #875da2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52197b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.898,
    "s": 66.216,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35942,
    "c": 0.15543,
    "h": 306.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52197B

secondary

#6FAF40

accent

#E93F86

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #52197B

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

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