#522A8D#522A8D

#522A8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.155 H 297.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#522A8D
RGB	rgb(82, 42, 141)
HSL	hsl(264, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(264, 70%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 70.2%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.77, 40.19, -48.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.77, 62.77, 309.81°)
OKLab	oklab(39.5% 0.071 -0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(39.5% 0.155 297.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.1141, 5.3727, 25.7510)
Luminance	0.0537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#522A8D #658D2A

analogous

#2A348D #522A8D #832A8D

triadic

#522A8D #8D522A #2A8D52

tetradic

#522A8D #8D2A34 #658D2A #2A8D83

square

#522A8D #8D2A34 #658D2A #2A8D83

split-complementary

#522A8D #8D832A #348D2A

monochromatic

#1B0E2F #371C5E #522A8D #6D38BC #8E61D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.12

#522A8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#522A8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #522A8D

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##522A8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##522A8D	1.00	10.12	2.07	10.12
#FFFFFF	10.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004290

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00408B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#434258

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #522a8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 42, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.155 297.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8867af',
    500: '#522a8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #522a8d;
$custom-light: #8867af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#522a8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.242,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39501,
    "c": 0.1549,
    "h": 297.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#522A8D

secondary

#92B65D

accent

#DD4AA2

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #522A8D

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

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