#522B9D#522B9D

#522B9D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.173 H 292.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#522B9D
RGB	rgb(82, 43, 157)
HSL	hsl(261, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(261, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.8%, 72.6%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.30, 44.10, -55.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.30, 70.92, 308.45°)
OKLab	oklab(41.01% 0.0669 -0.1592)
OKLCH	oklch(41.01% 0.173 292.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.4277, 5.9556, 32.4919)
Luminance	0.0596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#522B9D #769D2B

analogous

#2B3D9D #522B9D #8B2B9D

triadic

#522B9D #9D522B #2B9D52

tetradic

#522B9D #9D2B3D #769D2B #2B9D8B

square

#522B9D #9D2B3D #769D2B #2B9D8B

split-complementary

#522B9D #9D8B2B #3D9D2B

monochromatic

#20113D #391E6D #522B9D #6C3CCA #906CD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.58

#522B9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#522B9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #522B9D

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##522B9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##522B9D	1.00	9.58	2.19	9.58
#FFFFFF	9.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00439B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B4861

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #522b9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 43, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.173 292.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a68bb',
    500: '#522b9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #522b9d;
$custom-light: #8a68bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#522b9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.526,
    "s": 57,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41007,
    "c": 0.17272,
    "h": 292.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#522B9D

secondary

#A0BD66

accent

#E048AC

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #522B9D

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

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