#522C97#522C97

#522C97 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.164 H 294.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#522C97
RGB	rgb(82, 44, 151)
HSL	hsl(261, 55%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(261, 71%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.7%, 70.9%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.98, 41.90, -52.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.98, 67.10, 308.64°)
OKLab	oklab(40.62% 0.0672 -0.15)
OKLCH	oklch(40.62% 0.164 294.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.9648, 5.8293, 29.8723)
Luminance	0.0583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#522C97 #71972C

analogous

#2C3C97 #522C97 #872C97

triadic

#522C97 #97522C #2C9752

tetradic

#522C97 #972C3C #71972C #2C9787

square

#522C97 #972C3C #71972C #2C9787

split-complementary

#522C97 #97872C #3C972C

monochromatic

#1F1038 #381E68 #522C97 #6C3AC6 #8F6AD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.70

#522C97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#522C97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #522C97

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##522C97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##522C97	1.00	9.70	2.17	9.70
#FFFFFF	9.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00459A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004295

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E475E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #522c97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 44, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.164 294.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8968b6',
    500: '#522c97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #522c97;
$custom-light: #8968b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#522c97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.308,
    "s": 54.872,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4062,
    "c": 0.16436,
    "h": 294.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#522C97

secondary

#9CBA65

accent

#DE4AA9

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #522C97

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

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