#52277B#52277B

#52277B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.137 H 304.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52277B
RGB	rgb(82, 39, 123)
HSL	hsl(271, 52%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(271, 68%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 68.3%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.79, 36.97, -40.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.79, 54.58, 312.63°)
OKLab	oklab(37.64% 0.0769 -0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(37.64% 0.137 304)
XYZ	xyz(7.7795, 4.6750, 19.2276)
Luminance	0.0467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52277B #507B27

analogous

#28277B #52277B #7B277A

triadic

#52277B #7B5227 #277B52

tetradic

#52277B #7B2827 #507B27 #277A7B

square

#52277B #7B2827 #507B27 #277A7B

split-complementary

#52277B #7A7B27 #277B28

monochromatic

#140A1E #33184D #52277B #7136A9 #9054C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.85

#52277B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#52277B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52277B

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52277B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52277B	1.00	10.85	1.94	10.85
#FFFFFF	10.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0B3D79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A394D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52277b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 39, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.137 304.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8664a2',
    500: '#52277b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52277b;
$custom-light: #8664a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52277b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.714,
    "s": 51.852,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37638,
    "c": 0.13748,
    "h": 304
  },
  "luminance": 0.04675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52277B

secondary

#7EAD51

accent

#DB4C92

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF3

border

#CBC6CD

text

#0B060F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #52277B

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

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