#522B60#522B60

#522B60 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.098 H 316.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#522B60
RGB	rgb(82, 43, 96)
HSL	hsl(284, 38%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(284, 55%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 55.2%, 0%, 62.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.85, 27.93, -24.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.85, 37.02, 318.98°)
OKLab	oklab(36.38% 0.0712 -0.0676)
OKLCH	oklch(36.38% 0.098 316.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.4546, 4.3663, 11.5668)
Luminance	0.0437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#522B60 #39602B

analogous

#382B60 #522B60 #602B54

triadic

#522B60 #60522B #2B6052

tetradic

#522B60 #60382B #39602B #2B5460

square

#522B60 #60382B #39602B #2B5460

split-complementary

#522B60 #54602B #2B6038

monochromatic

#120915 #2E1836 #522B60 #763E8A #9953B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.21

#522B60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#522B60 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #522B60

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##522B60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##522B60	1.00	11.21	1.87	11.21
#FFFFFF	11.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#203962

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C3C5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513341

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #522b60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 43, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.098 316.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84668d',
    500: '#522b60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #522b60;
$custom-light: #84668d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#522b60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.151,
    "s": 38.129,
    "l": 27.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36379,
    "c": 0.09814,
    "h": 316.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#522B60

secondary

#659255

accent

#CE5A78

background

#F8F6F8

surface

#EFEBF0

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0B060C

muted

#7C7A7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #522B60

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

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