#52278B#52278B

#52278B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.156 H 298.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52278B
RGB	rgb(82, 39, 139)
HSL	hsl(266, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(266, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(41%, 71.9%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.04, 41.22, -48.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.04, 63.39, 310.56°)
OKLab	oklab(38.93% 0.0746 -0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(38.93% 0.156 298.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.8642, 5.1088, 24.9402)
Luminance	0.0511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.41

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52278B #608B27

analogous

#272E8B #52278B #84278B

triadic

#52278B #8B5227 #278B52

tetradic

#52278B #8B272E #608B27 #278B84

square

#52278B #8B272E #608B27 #278B84

split-complementary

#52278B #8B8427 #2E8B27

monochromatic

#1A0C2B #361A5B #52278B #6E34BB #8E5BD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.39

#52278B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#52278B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52278B

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52278B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52278B	1.00	10.39	2.02	10.39
#FFFFFF	10.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00408E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443F56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52278b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 39, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.156 298.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8865ae',
    500: '#52278b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52278b;
$custom-light: #8865ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52278b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.8,
    "s": 56.18,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38931,
    "c": 0.15641,
    "h": 298.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52278B

secondary

#8EB658

accent

#DF489E

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #52278B

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

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