#522A8E#522A8E

#522A8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.156 H 297.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#522A8E
RGB	rgb(82, 42, 142)
HSL	hsl(264, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(264, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.3%, 70.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.85, 40.46, -48.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.85, 63.32, 309.72°)
OKLab	oklab(39.59% 0.0708 -0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(39.59% 0.156 297)
XYZ	xyz(9.1889, 5.4026, 26.1446)
Luminance	0.0540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#522A8E #668E2A

analogous

#2A348E #522A8E #842A8E

triadic

#522A8E #8E522A #2A8E52

tetradic

#522A8E #8E2A34 #668E2A #2A8E84

square

#522A8E #8E2A34 #668E2A #2A8E84

split-complementary

#522A8E #8E842A #348E2A

monochromatic

#1B0E30 #371C5F #522A8E #6D38BD #8E62D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.09

#522A8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#522A8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #522A8E

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##522A8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##522A8E	1.00	10.09	2.08	10.09
#FFFFFF	10.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004291

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00408C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#434258

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #522a8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 42, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.156 297.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8867b0',
    500: '#522a8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #522a8e;
$custom-light: #8867b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#522a8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 54.348,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39585,
    "c": 0.1561,
    "h": 297
  },
  "luminance": 0.05403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#522A8E

secondary

#93B65D

accent

#DE4AA3

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #522A8E

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

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