#52197E#52197E

#52197E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.159 H 305.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52197E
RGB	rgb(82, 25, 126)
HSL	hsl(274, 67%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(274, 80%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 80.2%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.66, 44.40, -45.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.66, 63.59, 314.29°)
OKLab	oklab(36.2% 0.0913 -0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(36.2% 0.159 305.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.5923, 3.9955, 20.1058)
Luminance	0.0399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.45

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52197E #457E19

analogous

#1F197E #52197E #7E1978

triadic

#52197E #7E5219 #197E52

tetradic

#52197E #7E1F19 #457E19 #19787E

square

#52197E #7E1F19 #457E19 #19787E

split-complementary

#52197E #787E19 #197E1F

monochromatic

#11051A #310F4B #52197E #7323B1 #933AD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.67

#52197E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#52197E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52197E

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52197E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52197E	1.00	11.67	1.80	11.67
#FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003781

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00387C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A334B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52197e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 25, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.159 305.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875da4',
    500: '#52197e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52197e;
$custom-light: #875da4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52197e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.861,
    "s": 66.887,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36199,
    "c": 0.15854,
    "h": 305.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52197E

secondary

#72B241

accent

#EA3E89

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #52197E

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

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