#522B65#522B65

#522B65 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.104 H 313.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#522B65
RGB	rgb(82, 43, 101)
HSL	hsl(280, 40%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(280, 57%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.8%, 57.4%, 0%, 60.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.14, 29.13, -27.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.14, 39.78, 317.08°)
OKLab	oklab(36.69% 0.0717 -0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(36.69% 0.104 313.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.6921, 4.4614, 12.8180)
Luminance	0.0446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.76

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#522B65 #3E652B

analogous

#352B65 #522B65 #652B5B

triadic

#522B65 #65522B #2B6552

tetradic

#522B65 #65352B #3E652B #2B5B65

square

#522B65 #65352B #3E652B #2B5B65

split-complementary

#522B65 #5B652B #2B6535

monochromatic

#110915 #2F193A #522B65 #753D90 #9654B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.10

#522B65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#522B65 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #522B65

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##522B65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##522B65	1.00	11.10	1.89	11.10
#FFFFFF	11.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C3967

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#293D64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#503543

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #522b65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 43, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.104 313.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#846691',
    500: '#522b65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #522b65;
$custom-light: #846691;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#522b65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.345,
    "s": 40.278,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36691,
    "c": 0.10425,
    "h": 313.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#522B65

secondary

#6A9755

accent

#D0587F

background

#F8F6F8

surface

#EFEBF0

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0B060D

muted

#7C7A7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #522B65

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

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