#52278A#52278A

#52278A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.155 H 298.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52278A
RGB	rgb(82, 39, 138)
HSL	hsl(266, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(266, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.6%, 71.7%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.96, 40.95, -47.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.96, 62.84, 310.66°)
OKLab	oklab(38.85% 0.0747 -0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(38.85% 0.155 298.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.7915, 5.0797, 24.5571)
Luminance	0.0508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52278A #5F8A27

analogous

#272D8A #52278A #84278A

triadic

#52278A #8A5227 #278A52

tetradic

#52278A #8A272D #5F8A27 #278A84

square

#52278A #8A272D #5F8A27 #278A84

split-complementary

#52278A #8A8427 #2D8A27

monochromatic

#190C2B #361A5A #52278A #6E34BA #8E5BD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.42

#52278A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#52278A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52278A

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52278A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52278A	1.00	10.42	2.02	10.42
#FFFFFF	10.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00408D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453F55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52278a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 39, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.155 298.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8865ad',
    500: '#52278a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52278a;
$custom-light: #8865ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52278a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.061,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38847,
    "c": 0.15523,
    "h": 298.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52278A

secondary

#8DB657

accent

#DF499E

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #52278A

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

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