#522CB5#522CB5

#522CB5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.200 H 287.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#522CB5
RGB	rgb(82, 44, 181)
HSL	hsl(257, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(257, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 75.7%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.65, 50.36, -66.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.65, 83.12, 307.29°)
OKLab	oklab(43.33% 0.0603 -0.1902)
OKLCH	oklch(43.33% 0.2 287.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.7184, 6.9307, 44.3747)
Luminance	0.0693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Purple Blue

#5D21D0

ΔE00 3.92

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#522CB5 #8FB52C

analogous

#2C4BB5 #522CB5 #972CB5

triadic

#522CB5 #B5522C #2CB552

tetradic

#522CB5 #B52C4B #8FB52C #2CB597

square

#522CB5 #B52C4B #8FB52C #2CB597

split-complementary

#522CB5 #B5972C #4BB52C

monochromatic

#251453 #3C2084 #522CB5 #714BD3 #987CDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.80

#522CB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#522CB5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #522CB5

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##522CB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##522CB5	1.00	8.80	2.39	8.80
#FFFFFF	8.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28526F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #522cb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 44, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.200 287.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d6acc',
    500: '#522cb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #522cb5;
$custom-light: #8d6acc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#522cb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.642,
    "s": 60.889,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4333,
    "c": 0.19958,
    "h": 287.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#522CB5

secondary

#B1C875

accent

#E444B8

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF9

border

#CCC6D2

text

#0D0714

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #522CB5

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

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