#522B99#522B99

#522B99 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.168 H 293.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#522B99
RGB	rgb(82, 43, 153)
HSL	hsl(261, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(261, 72%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.4%, 71.9%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.96, 42.98, -53.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.96, 68.76, 308.69°)
OKLab	oklab(40.66% 0.0678 -0.1537)
OKLCH	oklch(40.66% 0.168 293.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.0917, 5.8212, 30.7227)
Luminance	0.0582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#522B99 #72992B

analogous

#2B3B99 #522B99 #892B99

triadic

#522B99 #99522B #2B9952

tetradic

#522B99 #992B3B #72992B #2B9989

square

#522B99 #992B3B #72992B #2B9989

split-complementary

#522B99 #99892B #3B992B

monochromatic

#1F1039 #381E69 #522B99 #6C3AC8 #9069D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.70

#522B99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#522B99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #522B99

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##522B99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##522B99	1.00	9.70	2.16	9.70
#FFFFFF	9.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00459C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004297

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D475F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #522b99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 43, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.168 293.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8968b8',
    500: '#522b99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #522b99;
$custom-light: #8968b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#522b99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.273,
    "s": 56.122,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40657,
    "c": 0.16798,
    "h": 293.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#522B99

secondary

#9DBC64

accent

#DF48AA

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #522B99

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

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