#52278E#52278E

#52278E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.160 H 297.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52278E
RGB	rgb(82, 39, 142)
HSL	hsl(265, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(265, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.3%, 72.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.29, 42.03, -49.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.29, 65.02, 310.27°)
OKLab	oklab(39.18% 0.074 -0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(39.18% 0.16 297.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.0864, 5.1977, 26.1105)
Luminance	0.0520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.71

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52278E #638E27

analogous

#272F8E #52278E #85278E

triadic

#52278E #8E5227 #278E52

tetradic

#52278E #8E272F #638E27 #278E85

square

#52278E #8E272F #638E27 #278E85

split-complementary

#52278E #8E8527 #2F8E27

monochromatic

#1B0D2E #361A5E #52278E #6E34BE #8E5DD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.30

#52278E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#52278E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52278E

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52278E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52278E	1.00	10.30	2.04	10.30
#FFFFFF	10.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004191

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#434158

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52278e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 39, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.160 297.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8865b0',
    500: '#52278e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52278e;
$custom-light: #8865b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52278e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.049,
    "s": 56.906,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39185,
    "c": 0.15992,
    "h": 297.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52278E

secondary

#90B859

accent

#E048A0

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #52278E

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

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