#522B69#522B69

#522B69 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.109 H 311.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#522B69
RGB	rgb(82, 43, 105)
HSL	hsl(278, 42%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(278, 59%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.9%, 59%, 0%, 58.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.39, 30.12, -29.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.39, 42.01, 315.80°)
OKLab	oklab(36.95% 0.072 -0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(36.95% 0.109 311.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.8929, 4.5417, 13.8754)
Luminance	0.0454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#522B69 #42692B

analogous

#332B69 #522B69 #692B61

triadic

#522B69 #69522B #2B6952

tetradic

#522B69 #69332B #42692B #2B6169

square

#522B69 #69332B #42692B #2B6169

split-complementary

#522B69 #61692B #2B6933

monochromatic

#110916 #30193E #522B69 #743D94 #9455B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.00

#522B69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#522B69 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #522B69

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##522B69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##522B69	1.00	11.00	1.91	11.00
#FFFFFF	11.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#183A6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#263D67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F3645

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #522b69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 43, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.109 311.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856694',
    500: '#522b69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #522b69;
$custom-light: #856694;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#522b69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.742,
    "s": 41.892,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36951,
    "c": 0.10919,
    "h": 311.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#522B69

secondary

#6F9B55

accent

#D25684

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF1

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0B060D

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #522B69

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

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