#522B85#522B85

#522B85 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.144 H 299.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#522B85
RGB	rgb(82, 43, 133)
HSL	hsl(266, 51%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(266, 68%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.3%, 67.7%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.34, 37.46, -43.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.34, 57.74, 310.45°)
OKLab	oklab(38.99% 0.071 -0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(38.99% 0.144 299.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.5761, 5.2150, 22.7405)
Luminance	0.0522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#522B85 #5E852B

analogous

#2B3185 #522B85 #7F2B85

triadic

#522B85 #85522B #2B8552

tetradic

#522B85 #852B31 #5E852B #2B857F

square

#522B85 #852B31 #5E852B #2B857F

split-complementary

#522B85 #857F2B #31852B

monochromatic

#190D29 #351C57 #522B85 #6F3AB3 #8E5FCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.28

#522B85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#522B85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #522B85

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##522B85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##522B85	1.00	10.28	2.04	10.28
#FFFFFF	10.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004088

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004083

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#474054

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #522b85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 43, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.144 299.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8767a9',
    500: '#522b85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #522b85;
$custom-light: #8767a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#522b85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266,
    "s": 51.136,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38993,
    "c": 0.14384,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#522B85

secondary

#8CB15B

accent

#DB4D9D

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #522B85

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

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