#522B4E#522B4E

#522B4E is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.077 H 330.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#522B4E
RGB	rgb(82, 43, 78)
HSL	hsl(306, 31%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(306, 48%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.6%, 4.9%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.91, 23.91, -13.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.91, 27.64, 329.88°)
OKLab	oklab(35.37% 0.0677 -0.0377)
OKLCH	oklch(35.37% 0.077 330.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.7186, 4.0720, 7.6910)
Luminance	0.0407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#522B4E #2B522F

analogous

#432B52 #522B4E #522B3B

triadic

#522B4E #4E522B #2B4E52

tetradic

#522B4E #52432B #2B522F #2B3B52

square

#522B4E #52432B #2B522F #2B3B52

split-complementary

#522B4E #3B522B #2B5243

monochromatic

#140B13 #2A1628 #522B4E #7A4074 #A2559A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.57

#522B4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#522B4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #522B4E

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##522B4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##522B4E	1.00	11.57	1.81	11.57
#FFFFFF	11.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A354F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#343B4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#552E39

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #522b4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 43, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.077 330.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84667f',
    500: '#522b4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #522b4e;
$custom-light: #84667f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#522b4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.154,
    "s": 31.2,
    "l": 24.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35373,
    "c": 0.07747,
    "h": 330.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#522B4E

secondary

#55845A

accent

#C76B60

background

#F8F6F7

surface

#EFEBEE

border

#CAC6C9

text

#0B060A

muted

#7C7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #522B4E

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

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