#522C9E#522C9E

#522C9E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.173 H 292.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#522C9E
RGB	rgb(82, 44, 158)
HSL	hsl(260, 56%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(260, 72%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.1%, 72.2%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.57, 43.86, -55.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.57, 70.91, 308.21°)
OKLab	oklab(41.23% 0.0658 -0.1597)
OKLCH	oklch(41.23% 0.173 292.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.5502, 6.0635, 32.9556)
Luminance	0.0606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#522C9E #789E2C

analogous

#2C3F9E #522C9E #8B2C9E

triadic

#522C9E #9E522C #2C9E52

tetradic

#522C9E #9E2C3F #789E2C #2C9E8B

square

#522C9E #9E2C3F #789E2C #2C9E8B

split-complementary

#522C9E #9E8B2C #3F9E2C

monochromatic

#20113E #391F6E #522C9E #6C3EC9 #916ED7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.49

#522C9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#522C9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #522C9E

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##522C9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##522C9E	1.00	9.49	2.21	9.49
#FFFFFF	9.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00439C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A4962

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #522c9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 44, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.173 292.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a69bc',
    500: '#522c9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #522c9e;
$custom-light: #8a69bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#522c9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 56.436,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41227,
    "c": 0.17273,
    "h": 292.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#522C9E

secondary

#A1BE68

accent

#E048AD

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #522C9E

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

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