#52277C#52277C

#52277C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.139 H 303.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52277C
RGB	rgb(82, 39, 124)
HSL	hsl(270, 52%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(270, 69%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.9%, 68.5%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.86, 37.23, -40.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.86, 55.14, 312.47°)
OKLab	oklab(37.71% 0.0768 -0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(37.71% 0.139 303.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.8425, 4.7001, 19.5589)
Luminance	0.0470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52277C #517C27

analogous

#28277C #52277C #7C277C

triadic

#52277C #7C5227 #277C52

tetradic

#52277C #7C2827 #517C27 #277C7C

square

#52277C #7C2827 #517C27 #277C7C

split-complementary

#52277C #7C7C27 #277C28

monochromatic

#140A1F #33184D #52277C #7136AB #8F54C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.82

#52277C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#52277C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52277C

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52277C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52277C	1.00	10.82	1.94	10.82
#FFFFFF	10.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#083D7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A3A4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52277c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 39, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.139 303.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52277c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.353,
    "s": 52.147,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37715,
    "c": 0.13868,
    "h": 303.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52277C

secondary

#7FAE51

accent

#DC4C93

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C060F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #52277C

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

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