#522C8E#522C8E

#522C8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.153 H 296.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#522C8E
RGB	rgb(82, 44, 142)
HSL	hsl(263, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(263, 69%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.3%, 69%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.24, 39.38, -48.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.24, 62.14, 309.33°)
OKLab	oklab(39.86% 0.0687 -0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(39.86% 0.153 296.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.2616, 5.5480, 26.1689)
Luminance	0.0555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#522C8E #688E2C

analogous

#2C378E #522C8E #832C8E

triadic

#522C8E #8E522C #2C8E52

tetradic

#522C8E #8E2C37 #688E2C #2C8E83

square

#522C8E #8E2C37 #688E2C #2C8E83

split-complementary

#522C8E #8E832C #378E2C

monochromatic

#1C0F31 #371E5F #522C8E #6D3ABD #8E65CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.95

#522C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#522C8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #522C8E

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##522C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##522C8E	1.00	9.95	2.11	9.95
#FFFFFF	9.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004391

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00418C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#434359

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #522c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 44, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.153 296.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8868b0',
    500: '#522c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #522c8e;
$custom-light: #8868b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#522c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.265,
    "s": 52.688,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39864,
    "c": 0.15346,
    "h": 296.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#522C8E

secondary

#95B660

accent

#DC4CA4

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #522C8E

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

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