#52279D#52279D

#52279D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.177 H 293.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52279D
RGB	rgb(82, 39, 157)
HSL	hsl(262, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(262, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.8%, 75.2%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.59, 46.11, -56.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.59, 73.09, 309.11°)
OKLab	oklab(40.5% 0.0706 -0.1626)
OKLCH	oklch(40.5% 0.177 293.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.2893, 5.6789, 32.4458)
Luminance	0.0568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52279D #729D27

analogous

#27379D #52279D #8D279D

triadic

#52279D #9D5227 #279D52

tetradic

#52279D #9D2737 #729D27 #279D8D

square

#52279D #9D2737 #729D27 #279D8D

split-complementary

#52279D #9D8D27 #379D27

monochromatic

#1F0F3B #381B6C #52279D #6C35CD #9066D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.83

#52279D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#52279D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52279D

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52279D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52279D	1.00	9.83	2.14	9.83
#FFFFFF	9.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00419B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B4660

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52279d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 39, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.177 293.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a66bb',
    500: '#52279d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52279d;
$custom-light: #8a66bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52279d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.864,
    "s": 60.204,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40504,
    "c": 0.17728,
    "h": 293.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52279D

secondary

#9DBF61

accent

#E344A9

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #52279D

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

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