#522B70#522B70

#522B70 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.118 H 307.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#522B70
RGB	rgb(82, 43, 112)
HSL	hsl(274, 45%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(274, 62%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.8%, 61.6%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.84, 31.89, -33.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.84, 45.94, 313.95°)
OKLab	oklab(37.43% 0.0722 -0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(37.43% 0.118 307.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.2676, 4.6915, 15.8488)
Luminance	0.0469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#522B70 #49702B

analogous

#2F2B70 #522B70 #702B6B

triadic

#522B70 #70522B #2B7052

tetradic

#522B70 #702F2B #49702B #2B6B70

square

#522B70 #702F2B #49702B #2B6B70

split-complementary

#522B70 #6B702B #2B702F

monochromatic

#110918 #321A44 #522B70 #723C9C #9157BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.83

#522B70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#522B70 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #522B70

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##522B70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##522B70	1.00	10.83	1.94	10.83
#FFFFFF	10.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#103C72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#213E6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D3849

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #522b70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 43, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.118 307.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856699',
    500: '#522b70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #522b70;
$custom-light: #856699;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#522b70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.913,
    "s": 44.516,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37426,
    "c": 0.11788,
    "h": 307.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#522B70

secondary

#76A255

accent

#D4548C

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #522B70

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

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