#522D8E#522D8E

#522D8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.152 H 296.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#522D8E
RGB	rgb(82, 45, 142)
HSL	hsl(263, 52%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(263, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.3%, 68.3%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.44, 38.84, -47.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.44, 61.54, 309.13°)
OKLab	oklab(40.01% 0.0675 -0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(40.01% 0.152 296.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.2993, 5.6234, 26.1814)
Luminance	0.0562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#522D8E #698E2D

analogous

#2D388E #522D8E #832D8E

triadic

#522D8E #8E522D #2D8E52

tetradic

#522D8E #8E2D38 #698E2D #2D8E83

square

#522D8E #8E2D38 #698E2D #2D8E83

split-complementary

#522D8E #8E832D #388E2D

monochromatic

#1C1031 #371E60 #522D8E #6D3CBC #8E67CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.88

#522D8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#522D8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #522D8E

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##522D8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##522D8E	1.00	9.88	2.12	9.88
#FFFFFF	9.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004491

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00428C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#434459

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #522d8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 45, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.152 296.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8868b0',
    500: '#522d8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #522d8e;
$custom-light: #8868b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#522d8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.887,
    "s": 51.872,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40007,
    "c": 0.15212,
    "h": 296.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#522D8E

secondary

#95B561

accent

#DB4CA5

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #522D8E

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

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