#52257A#52257A

#52257A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.139 H 304.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52257A
RGB	rgb(82, 37, 122)
HSL	hsl(272, 53%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(272, 70%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.8%, 69.7%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.33, 37.77, -40.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.33, 55.21, 313.17°)
OKLab	oklab(37.28% 0.0794 -0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(37.28% 0.139 304.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.6533, 4.5222, 18.8783)
Luminance	0.0452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52257A #4D7A25

analogous

#27257A #52257A #7A2577

triadic

#52257A #7A5225 #257A52

tetradic

#52257A #7A2725 #4D7A25 #25777A

square

#52257A #7A2725 #4D7A25 #25777A

split-complementary

#52257A #777A25 #257A27

monochromatic

#13091C #32174B #52257A #7233A9 #9050CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.03

#52257A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#52257A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52257A

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52257A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52257A	1.00	11.03	1.90	11.03
#FFFFFF	11.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#083C78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B384C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52257a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 37, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.139 304.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8663a1',
    500: '#52257a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52257a;
$custom-light: #8663a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52257a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.765,
    "s": 53.459,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37283,
    "c": 0.13917,
    "h": 304.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52257A

secondary

#7BAC4E

accent

#DD4B90

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF3

border

#CBC6CD

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #52257A

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

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