#52197C#52197C

#52197C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.156 H 305.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52197C
RGB	rgb(82, 25, 124)
HSL	hsl(275, 66%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(275, 80%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.9%, 79.8%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.49, 43.92, -44.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.49, 62.54, 314.61°)
OKLab	oklab(36.03% 0.0918 -0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(36.03% 0.156 305.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.4646, 3.9444, 19.4330)
Luminance	0.0394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.61

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52197C #437C19

analogous

#20197C #52197C #7C1975

triadic

#52197C #7C5219 #197C52

tetradic

#52197C #7C2019 #437C19 #19757C

square

#52197C #7C2019 #437C19 #19757C

split-complementary

#52197C #757C19 #197C20

monochromatic

#110519 #300F49 #52197C #7423AF #9438D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.74

#52197C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#52197C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52197C

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52197C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52197C	1.00	11.74	1.79	11.74
#FFFFFF	11.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00387A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A324A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52197c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 25, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.156 305.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875da3',
    500: '#52197c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52197c;
$custom-light: #875da3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52197c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.545,
    "s": 66.443,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36027,
    "c": 0.15646,
    "h": 305.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52197C

secondary

#70B040

accent

#E93E87

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #52197C

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

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