#522B78#522B78

#522B78 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.128 H 304.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#522B78
RGB	rgb(82, 43, 120)
HSL	hsl(270, 47%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(270, 64%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 64.2%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.38, 33.97, -37.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.38, 50.45, 312.33°)
OKLab	oklab(38% 0.072 -0.1056)
OKLCH	oklch(38% 0.128 304.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.7330, 4.8777, 18.2998)
Luminance	0.0488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#522B78 #51782B

analogous

#2C2B78 #522B78 #782B78

triadic

#522B78 #78522B #2B7852

tetradic

#522B78 #782C2B #51782B #2B7878

square

#522B78 #782C2B #51782B #2B7878

split-complementary

#522B78 #78782B #2B782C

monochromatic

#140B1E #331B4B #522B78 #713BA5 #8F5AC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.63

#522B78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#522B78 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #522B78

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##522B78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##522B78	1.00	10.63	1.98	10.63
#FFFFFF	10.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#183E76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B3B4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #522b78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 43, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.128 304.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86679f',
    500: '#522b78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #522b78;
$custom-light: #86679f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#522b78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.39,
    "s": 47.239,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37999,
    "c": 0.12782,
    "h": 304.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#522B78

secondary

#7FAA55

accent

#D75193

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0B060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #522B78

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

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