#52279E#52279E

#52279E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.178 H 293.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52279E
RGB	rgb(82, 39, 158)
HSL	hsl(262, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(262, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.1%, 75.3%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.68, 46.38, -57.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.68, 73.62, 309.05°)
OKLab	oklab(40.59% 0.0704 -0.164)
OKLCH	oklch(40.59% 0.178 293.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.3750, 5.7132, 32.8972)
Luminance	0.0571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52279E #739E27

analogous

#27379E #52279E #8D279E

triadic

#52279E #9E5227 #279E52

tetradic

#52279E #9E2737 #739E27 #279E8D

square

#52279E #9E2737 #739E27 #279E8D

split-complementary

#52279E #9E8D27 #379E27

monochromatic

#1F0F3C #391B6D #52279E #6C35CD #9066D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.80

#52279E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#52279E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52279E

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52279E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52279E	1.00	9.80	2.14	9.80
#FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00419C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B4761

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52279e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 39, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.178 293.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a66bc',
    500: '#52279e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52279e;
$custom-light: #8a66bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52279e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.681,
    "s": 60.406,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40594,
    "c": 0.17842,
    "h": 293.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52279E

secondary

#9DBF62

accent

#E444AA

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #52279E

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

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