#52278C#52278C

#52278C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.158 H 298.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52278C
RGB	rgb(82, 39, 140)
HSL	hsl(266, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(266, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 72.1%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.12, 41.49, -48.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.12, 63.93, 310.46°)
OKLab	oklab(39.02% 0.0744 -0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(39.02% 0.158 298.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.9376, 5.1382, 25.3267)
Luminance	0.0514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.50

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52278C #618C27

analogous

#272E8C #52278C #85278C

triadic

#52278C #8C5227 #278C52

tetradic

#52278C #8C272E #618C27 #278C85

square

#52278C #8C272E #618C27 #278C85

split-complementary

#52278C #8C8527 #2E8C27

monochromatic

#1A0C2C #361A5C #52278C #6E34BC #8E5CD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.36

#52278C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#52278C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52278C

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52278C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52278C	1.00	10.36	2.03	10.36
#FFFFFF	10.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00408F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#444056

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52278c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 39, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.158 298.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52278c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.545,
    "s": 56.425,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39015,
    "c": 0.15758,
    "h": 298.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52278C

secondary

#8EB758

accent

#E0489F

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #52278C

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

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