#522B97#522B97

#522B97 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.166 H 294.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#522B97
RGB	rgb(82, 43, 151)
HSL	hsl(262, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(262, 72%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.7%, 71.5%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.79, 42.42, -52.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.79, 67.67, 308.82°)
OKLab	oklab(40.48% 0.0682 -0.1509)
OKLCH	oklch(40.48% 0.166 294.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.9279, 5.7557, 29.8600)
Luminance	0.0576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#522B97 #70972B

analogous

#2B3A97 #522B97 #882B97

triadic

#522B97 #97522B #2B9752

tetradic

#522B97 #972B3A #70972B #2B9788

square

#522B97 #972B3A #70972B #2B9788

split-complementary

#522B97 #97882B #3A972B

monochromatic

#1E1038 #381D67 #522B97 #6C39C7 #8F68D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.76

#522B97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#522B97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #522B97

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##522B97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##522B97	1.00	9.76	2.15	9.76
#FFFFFF	9.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00459A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004295

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E465E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #522b97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 43, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.166 294.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8968b6',
    500: '#522b97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #522b97;
$custom-light: #8968b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#522b97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.667,
    "s": 55.67,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40484,
    "c": 0.1656,
    "h": 294.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#522B97

secondary

#9BBB63

accent

#DF49A9

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #522B97

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

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