#522B96#522B96

#522B96 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.164 H 294.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#522B96
RGB	rgb(82, 43, 150)
HSL	hsl(262, 55%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(262, 71%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.3%, 71.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.70, 42.15, -52.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.70, 67.12, 308.89°)
OKLab	oklab(40.4% 0.0684 -0.1495)
OKLCH	oklch(40.4% 0.164 294.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.8471, 5.7233, 29.4341)
Luminance	0.0572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#522B96 #6F962B

analogous

#2B3A96 #522B96 #872B96

triadic

#522B96 #96522B #2B9652

tetradic

#522B96 #962B3A #6F962B #2B9687

square

#522B96 #962B3A #6F962B #2B9687

split-complementary

#522B96 #96872B #3A962B

monochromatic

#1E1037 #381D66 #522B96 #6C39C6 #8F68D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.79

#522B96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#522B96 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #522B96

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##522B96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##522B96	1.00	9.79	2.14	9.79
#FFFFFF	9.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004599

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004294

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F465D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #522b96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 43, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.164 294.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8968b6',
    500: '#522b96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #522b96;
$custom-light: #8968b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#522b96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.869,
    "s": 55.44,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40398,
    "c": 0.16441,
    "h": 294.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#522B96

secondary

#9ABA63

accent

#DF49A8

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #522B96

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

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