#522B9C#522B9C

#522B9C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.172 H 293.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#522B9C
RGB	rgb(82, 43, 156)
HSL	hsl(261, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(261, 72%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.4%, 72.4%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.21, 43.82, -55.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.21, 70.38, 308.51°)
OKLab	oklab(40.92% 0.0672 -0.1578)
OKLCH	oklch(40.92% 0.172 293)
XYZ	xyz(10.3426, 5.9216, 32.0441)
Luminance	0.0592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#522B9C #759C2B

analogous

#2B3D9C #522B9C #8B2B9C

triadic

#522B9C #9C522B #2B9C52

tetradic

#522B9C #9C2B3D #759C2B #2B9C8B

square

#522B9C #9C2B3D #759C2B #2B9C8B

split-complementary

#522B9C #9C8B2B #3D9C2B

monochromatic

#20113C #391E6C #522B9C #6C3BC9 #906BD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.61

#522B9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#522B9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #522B9C

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##522B9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##522B9C	1.00	9.61	2.18	9.61
#FFFFFF	9.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00469F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00439A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C4860

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #522b9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 43, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.172 293.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a68ba',
    500: '#522b9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #522b9c;
$custom-light: #8a68ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#522b9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.708,
    "s": 56.784,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40919,
    "c": 0.17154,
    "h": 293
  },
  "luminance": 0.05922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#522B9C

secondary

#9FBD66

accent

#E048AB

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #522B9C

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

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