#522B8D#522B8D

#522B8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.154 H 297.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#522B8D
RGB	rgb(82, 43, 141)
HSL	hsl(264, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(264, 70%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 69.5%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.97, 39.65, -47.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.97, 62.18, 309.62°)
OKLab	oklab(39.64% 0.0699 -0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(39.64% 0.154 297.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.1500, 5.4445, 25.7630)
Luminance	0.0544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#522B8D #668D2B

analogous

#2B358D #522B8D #832B8D

triadic

#522B8D #8D522B #2B8D52

tetradic

#522B8D #8D2B35 #668D2B #2B8D83

square

#522B8D #8D2B35 #668D2B #2B8D83

split-complementary

#522B8D #8D832B #358D2B

monochromatic

#1B0E2F #371D5E #522B8D #6D39BC #8E63CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.05

#522B8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#522B8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #522B8D

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##522B8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##522B8D	1.00	10.05	2.09	10.05
#FFFFFF	10.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004290

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00418B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#434258

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #522b8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 43, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.154 297.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8867af',
    500: '#522b8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #522b8d;
$custom-light: #8867af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#522b8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.878,
    "s": 53.261,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3964,
    "c": 0.15358,
    "h": 297.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#522B8D

secondary

#93B65E

accent

#DD4BA3

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #522B8D

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

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