#522A9D#522A9D

#522A9D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.174 H 293.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#522A9D
RGB	rgb(82, 42, 157)
HSL	hsl(261, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(261, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.8%, 73.2%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.12, 44.62, -55.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.12, 71.48, 308.62°)
OKLab	oklab(40.88% 0.0679 -0.1601)
OKLCH	oklch(40.88% 0.174 293)
XYZ	xyz(10.3918, 5.8837, 32.4799)
Luminance	0.0588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#522A9D #759D2A

analogous

#2A3B9D #522A9D #8C2A9D

triadic

#522A9D #9D522A #2A9D52

tetradic

#522A9D #9D2A3B #759D2A #2A9D8C

square

#522A9D #9D2A3B #759D2A #2A9D8C

split-complementary

#522A9D #9D8C2A #3B9D2A

monochromatic

#20103C #391D6D #522A9D #6C3ACA #906AD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.65

#522A9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#522A9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #522A9D

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##522A9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##522A9D	1.00	9.65	2.18	9.65
#FFFFFF	9.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00429B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B4861

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #522a9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 42, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.174 293.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a67bb',
    500: '#522a9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #522a9d;
$custom-light: #8a67bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#522a9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.87,
    "s": 57.789,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40878,
    "c": 0.17389,
    "h": 293
  },
  "luminance": 0.05884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#522A9D

secondary

#9FBE65

accent

#E147AB

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #522A9D

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

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