#522B9B#522B9B

#522B9B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.170 H 293.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#522B9B
RGB	rgb(82, 43, 155)
HSL	hsl(261, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(261, 72%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 72.3%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.13, 43.54, -54.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.13, 69.84, 308.57°)
OKLab	oklab(40.83% 0.0674 -0.1565)
OKLCH	oklch(40.83% 0.17 293.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.2583, 5.8878, 31.6000)
Luminance	0.0589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#522B9B #749B2B

analogous

#2B3C9B #522B9B #8A2B9B

triadic

#522B9B #9B522B #2B9B52

tetradic

#522B9B #9B2B3C #749B2B #2B9B8A

square

#522B9B #9B2B3C #749B2B #2B9B8A

split-complementary

#522B9B #9B8A2B #3C9B2B

monochromatic

#1F103B #391E6B #522B9B #6C3BC9 #906BD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.64

#522B9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#522B9B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #522B9B

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##522B9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##522B9B	1.00	9.64	2.18	9.64
#FFFFFF	9.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00469E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004399

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C4860

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #522b9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 43, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.170 293.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a68b9',
    500: '#522b9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #522b9b;
$custom-light: #8a68b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#522b9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.893,
    "s": 56.566,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40832,
    "c": 0.17035,
    "h": 293.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#522B9B

secondary

#9EBC65

accent

#E048AB

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #522B9B

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

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