#52278D#52278D

#52278D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.159 H 297.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52278D
RGB	rgb(82, 39, 141)
HSL	hsl(265, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(265, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 72.3%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.21, 41.76, -49.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.21, 64.48, 310.36°)
OKLab	oklab(39.1% 0.0742 -0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(39.1% 0.159 297.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.0117, 5.1678, 25.7168)
Luminance	0.0517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.60

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52278D #628D27

analogous

#272F8D #52278D #85278D

triadic

#52278D #8D5227 #278D52

tetradic

#52278D #8D272F #628D27 #278D85

square

#52278D #8D272F #628D27 #278D85

split-complementary

#52278D #8D8527 #2F8D27

monochromatic

#1A0C2D #361A5D #52278D #6E34BD #8E5CD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.33

#52278D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#52278D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52278D

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52278D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52278D	1.00	10.33	2.03	10.33
#FFFFFF	10.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004090

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#434057

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52278d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 39, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.159 297.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8865af',
    500: '#52278d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52278d;
$custom-light: #8865af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52278d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.294,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.391,
    "c": 0.15875,
    "h": 297.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52278D

secondary

#8FB759

accent

#E048A0

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #52278D

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

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