#522B59#522B59

#522B59 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.090 H 321.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#522B59
RGB	rgb(82, 43, 89)
HSL	hsl(291, 35%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(291, 52%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 51.7%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.46, 26.30, -20.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.46, 33.23, 322.32°)
OKLab	oklab(35.97% 0.0701 -0.0561)
OKLCH	oklch(35.97% 0.09 321.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.1465, 4.2431, 9.9445)
Luminance	0.0424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#522B59 #32592B

analogous

#3B2B59 #522B59 #592B49

triadic

#522B59 #59522B #2B5952

tetradic

#522B59 #593B2B #32592B #2B4959

square

#522B59 #593B2B #32592B #2B4959

split-complementary

#522B59 #49592B #2B593B

monochromatic

#130A15 #2C1730 #522B59 #783F82 #9E53AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.36

#522B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#522B59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #522B59

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##522B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##522B59	1.00	11.36	1.85	11.36
#FFFFFF	11.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#24375B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#303C58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53313E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #522b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 43, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.090 321.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#846688',
    500: '#522b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #522b59;
$custom-light: #846688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#522b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.87,
    "s": 34.848,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35965,
    "c": 0.08977,
    "h": 321.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#522B59

secondary

#5D8B55

accent

#CB5D6E

background

#F8F6F8

surface

#EFEBEF

border

#CAC6CA

text

#0B060B

muted

#7C7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #522B59

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

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