#522C99#522C99

#522C99 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.167 H 293.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#522C99
RGB	rgb(82, 44, 153)
HSL	hsl(261, 55%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(261, 71%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.4%, 71.2%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.15, 42.46, -53.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.15, 68.19, 308.51°)
OKLab	oklab(40.79% 0.0668 -0.1528)
OKLCH	oklch(40.79% 0.167 293.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.1286, 5.8948, 30.7350)
Luminance	0.0590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#522C99 #73992C

analogous

#2C3D99 #522C99 #882C99

triadic

#522C99 #99522C #2C9952

tetradic

#522C99 #992C3D #73992C #2C9988

square

#522C99 #992C3D #73992C #2C9988

split-complementary

#522C99 #99882C #3D992C

monochromatic

#1F113A #391E69 #522C99 #6C3BC7 #906BD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.64

#522C99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#522C99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #522C99

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##522C99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##522C99	1.00	9.64	2.18	9.64
#FFFFFF	9.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00469C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004397

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D475F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #522c99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 44, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.167 293.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8968b8',
    500: '#522c99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #522c99;
$custom-light: #8968b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#522c99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.917,
    "s": 55.33,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40791,
    "c": 0.16676,
    "h": 293.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#522C99

secondary

#9DBB66

accent

#DF49AB

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #522C99

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

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