#522A97#522A97

#522A97 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.167 H 294.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#522A97
RGB	rgb(82, 42, 151)
HSL	hsl(262, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(262, 72%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.7%, 72.2%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.60, 42.95, -53.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.60, 68.23, 309.01°)
OKLab	oklab(40.35% 0.0692 -0.1518)
OKLCH	oklch(40.35% 0.167 294.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.8920, 5.6839, 29.8481)
Luminance	0.0568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#522A97 #6F972A

analogous

#2A3997 #522A97 #882A97

triadic

#522A97 #97522A #2A9752

tetradic

#522A97 #972A39 #6F972A #2A9788

square

#522A97 #972A39 #6F972A #2A9788

split-complementary

#522A97 #97882A #39972A

monochromatic

#1E0F37 #381D67 #522A97 #6C37C7 #8F67D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.83

#522A97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#522A97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #522A97

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##522A97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##522A97	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)

#00449A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004295

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E465D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #522a97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 42, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.167 294.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8967b6',
    500: '#522a97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #522a97;
$custom-light: #8967b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#522a97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.018,
    "s": 56.477,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40351,
    "c": 0.16682,
    "h": 294.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#522A97

secondary

#9ABB62

accent

#E048A8

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #522A97

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

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