#522B8B#522B8B

#522B8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.151 H 297.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#522B8B
RGB	rgb(82, 43, 139)
HSL	hsl(264, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(264, 69%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(41%, 69.1%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.81, 39.10, -46.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.81, 61.07, 309.81°)
OKLab	oklab(39.48% 0.0702 -0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(39.48% 0.151 297.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.0026, 5.3855, 24.9863)
Luminance	0.0539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#522B8B #648B2B

analogous

#2B348B #522B8B #822B8B

triadic

#522B8B #8B522B #2B8B52

tetradic

#522B8B #8B2B34 #648B2B #2B8B82

square

#522B8B #8B2B34 #648B2B #2B8B82

split-complementary

#522B8B #8B822B #348B2B

monochromatic

#1B0E2E #361D5C #522B8B #6E39BA #8E62CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.11

#522B8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#522B8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #522B8B

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##522B8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##522B8B	1.00	10.11	2.08	10.11
#FFFFFF	10.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00428E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004189

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#444257

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #522b8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 43, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.151 297.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8867ae',
    500: '#522b8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #522b8b;
$custom-light: #8867ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#522b8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.375,
    "s": 52.747,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39476,
    "c": 0.15116,
    "h": 297.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#522B8B

secondary

#91B55D

accent

#DC4CA1

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #522B8B

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

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