#522D8D#522D8D

#522D8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.151 H 296.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#522D8D
RGB	rgb(82, 45, 141)
HSL	hsl(263, 52%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(263, 68%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 68.1%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.36, 38.56, -47.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.36, 60.99, 309.21°)
OKLab	oklab(39.93% 0.0677 -0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(39.93% 0.151 296.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.2245, 5.5935, 25.7878)
Luminance	0.0559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#522D8D #688D2D

analogous

#2D388D #522D8D #822D8D

triadic

#522D8D #8D522D #2D8D52

tetradic

#522D8D #8D2D38 #688D2D #2D8D82

square

#522D8D #8D2D38 #688D2D #2D8D82

split-complementary

#522D8D #8D822D #388D2D

monochromatic

#1C0F30 #371E5F #522D8D #6D3CBB #8E66CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.91

#522D8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#522D8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #522D8D

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##522D8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##522D8D	1.00	9.91	2.12	9.91
#FFFFFF	9.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004390

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00428B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#434459

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #522d8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 45, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.151 296.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8868af',
    500: '#522d8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #522d8d;
$custom-light: #8868af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#522d8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.125,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39926,
    "c": 0.15089,
    "h": 296.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#522D8D

secondary

#95B561

accent

#DB4DA4

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #522D8D

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

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