#522C8D#522C8D

#522C8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.152 H 296.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#522C8D
RGB	rgb(82, 44, 141)
HSL	hsl(264, 52%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(264, 69%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 68.8%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.16, 39.11, -47.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.16, 61.59, 309.42°)
OKLab	oklab(39.78% 0.0688 -0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(39.78% 0.152 296.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.1868, 5.5181, 25.7752)
Luminance	0.0552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#522C8D #678D2C

analogous

#2C378D #522C8D #832C8D

triadic

#522C8D #8D522C #2C8D52

tetradic

#522C8D #8D2C37 #678D2C #2C8D83

square

#522C8D #8D2C37 #678D2C #2C8D83

split-complementary

#522C8D #8D832C #378D2C

monochromatic

#1C0F30 #371D5E #522C8D #6D3BBC #8E65CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.98

#522C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#522C8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #522C8D

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##522C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##522C8D	1.00	9.98	2.10	9.98
#FFFFFF	9.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004390

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00418B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#434359

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #522c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 44, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.152 296.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8868af',
    500: '#522c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #522c8d;
$custom-light: #8868af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#522c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.505,
    "s": 52.432,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39782,
    "c": 0.15224,
    "h": 296.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#522C8D

secondary

#94B560

accent

#DC4CA3

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #522C8D

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

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