#522BA4#522BA4

#522BA4 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.181 H 291.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#522BA4
RGB	rgb(82, 43, 164)
HSL	hsl(259, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(259, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 73.8%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.92, 46.06, -58.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.92, 74.68, 308.08°)
OKLab	oklab(41.63% 0.0654 -0.1687)
OKLCH	oklch(41.63% 0.181 291.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.0425, 6.2015, 35.7299)
Luminance	0.0620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#522BA4 #7DA42B

analogous

#2B40A4 #522BA4 #8E2BA4

triadic

#522BA4 #A4522B #2BA452

tetradic

#522BA4 #A42B40 #7DA42B #2BA48E

square

#522BA4 #A42B40 #7DA42B #2BA48E

split-complementary

#522BA4 #A48E2B #40A42B

monochromatic

#221243 #3A1E74 #522BA4 #6D3FCD #9270D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.37

#522BA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#522BA4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #522BA4

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##522BA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##522BA4	1.00	9.37	2.24	9.37
#FFFFFF	9.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#374B65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #522ba4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 43, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.181 291.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b68c0',
    500: '#522ba4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #522ba4;
$custom-light: #8b68c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#522ba4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.339,
    "s": 58.454,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41633,
    "c": 0.18095,
    "h": 291.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#522BA4

secondary

#A5C16A

accent

#E246B0

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #522BA4

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

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