#52197D#52197D

#52197D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.158 H 305.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52197D
RGB	rgb(82, 25, 125)
HSL	hsl(274, 67%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(274, 80%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.4%, 80%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.57, 44.16, -45.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.57, 63.06, 314.45°)
OKLab	oklab(36.11% 0.0915 -0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(36.11% 0.158 305.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.5281, 3.9698, 19.7677)
Luminance	0.0397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.53

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52197D #447D19

analogous

#20197D #52197D #7D1976

triadic

#52197D #7D5219 #197D52

tetradic

#52197D #7D2019 #447D19 #19767D

square

#52197D #7D2019 #447D19 #19767D

split-complementary

#52197D #767D19 #197D20

monochromatic

#11051A #310F4A #52197D #7323B0 #9339D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.71

#52197D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#52197D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52197D

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52197D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52197D	1.00	11.71	1.79	11.71
#FFFFFF	11.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003780

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00387B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A334B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52197d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 25, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.158 305.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52197d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.2,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36113,
    "c": 0.1575,
    "h": 305.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52197D

secondary

#71B140

accent

#EA3E88

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #52197D

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

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