#522D8B#522D8B

#522D8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.148 H 297.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#522D8B
RGB	rgb(82, 45, 139)
HSL	hsl(264, 51%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(264, 68%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(41%, 67.6%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.21, 38.00, -46.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.21, 59.87, 309.40°)
OKLab	oklab(39.76% 0.0679 -0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(39.76% 0.148 297.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.0771, 5.5345, 25.0111)
Luminance	0.0554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#522D8B #668B2D

analogous

#2D378B #522D8B #812D8B

triadic

#522D8B #8B522D #2D8B52

tetradic

#522D8B #8B2D37 #668B2D #2D8B81

square

#522D8B #8B2D37 #668B2D #2D8B81

split-complementary

#522D8B #8B812D #378B2D

monochromatic

#1B0F2F #371E5D #522D8B #6D3CB9 #8E65CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.97

#522D8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#522D8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #522D8B

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##522D8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##522D8B	1.00	9.97	2.11	9.97
#FFFFFF	9.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00438E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004189

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#444358

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #522d8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 45, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.148 297.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8768ae',
    500: '#522d8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #522d8b;
$custom-light: #8768ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#522d8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.617,
    "s": 51.087,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39764,
    "c": 0.14842,
    "h": 297.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#522D8B

secondary

#93B460

accent

#DB4DA3

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #522D8B

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

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