#522BA9#522BA9

#522BA9 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.187 H 290.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#522BA9
RGB	rgb(82, 43, 169)
HSL	hsl(259, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(259, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 74.6%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.37, 47.47, -61.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.37, 77.34, 307.86°)
OKLab	oklab(42.09% 0.0642 -0.1754)
OKLCH	oklch(42.09% 0.187 290.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.5029, 6.3857, 38.1549)
Luminance	0.0639 (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

#522BA9 #82A92B

analogous

#2B43A9 #522BA9 #912BA9

triadic

#522BA9 #A9522B #2BA952

tetradic

#522BA9 #A92B43 #82A92B #2BA991

square

#522BA9 #A92B43 #82A92B #2BA991

split-complementary

#522BA9 #A9912B #43A92B

monochromatic

#231247 #3A1F78 #522BA9 #6E42CF #9373DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.22

#522BA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#522BA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #522BA9

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##522BA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##522BA9	1.00	9.22	2.28	9.22
#FFFFFF	9.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#334D68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #522ba9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 43, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.187 290.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c68c4',
    500: '#522ba9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #522ba9;
$custom-light: #8c68c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#522ba9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.571,
    "s": 59.434,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42088,
    "c": 0.18677,
    "h": 290.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#522BA9

secondary

#A8C36D

accent

#E345B2

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #522BA9

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

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