#522B79#522B79

#522B79 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.129 H 303.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#522B79
RGB	rgb(82, 43, 121)
HSL	hsl(270, 48%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(270, 64%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.2%, 64.5%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.45, 34.23, -37.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.45, 51.01, 312.15°)
OKLab	oklab(38.07% 0.072 -0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(38.07% 0.129 303.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.7940, 4.9021, 18.6210)
Luminance	0.0490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#522B79 #52792B

analogous

#2B2B79 #522B79 #792B79

triadic

#522B79 #79522B #2B7952

tetradic

#522B79 #792B2B #52792B #2B7979

square

#522B79 #792B2B #52792B #2B7979

split-complementary

#522B79 #79792B #2B792B

monochromatic

#150B1F #331B4C #522B79 #713BA6 #8F5AC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.60

#522B79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#522B79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #522B79

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##522B79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##522B79	1.00	10.60	1.98	10.60
#FFFFFF	10.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#163F77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B3B4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #522b79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 43, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.129 303.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8667a0',
    500: '#522b79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #522b79;
$custom-light: #8667a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#522b79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 47.561,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38073,
    "c": 0.12906,
    "h": 303.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#522B79

secondary

#80AA56

accent

#D75194

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0B060F

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #522B79

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

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