#522E55#522E55

#522E55 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.079 H 324.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#522E55
RGB	rgb(82, 46, 85)
HSL	hsl(295, 30%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(295, 46%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 45.9%, 0%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.96, 23.57, -16.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.96, 29.00, 324.39°)
OKLab	oklab(36.27% 0.0643 -0.0463)
OKLCH	oklch(36.27% 0.079 324.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.0962, 4.4040, 9.1215)
Luminance	0.0440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#522E55 #31552E

analogous

#3E2E55 #522E55 #552E44

triadic

#522E55 #55522E #2E5552

tetradic

#522E55 #553E2E #31552E #2E4455

square

#522E55 #553E2E #31552E #2E4455

split-complementary

#522E55 #44552E #2E553E

monochromatic

#130B14 #2C192D #522E55 #78437D #9F59A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.17

#522E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#522E55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #522E55

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##522E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##522E55	1.00	11.17	1.88	11.17
#FFFFFF	11.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A3856

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#343D54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54323D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #522e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 46, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.079 324.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#836885',
    500: '#522e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #522e55;
$custom-light: #836885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#522e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.385,
    "s": 29.771,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36274,
    "c": 0.07919,
    "h": 324.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#522E55

secondary

#5C8758

accent

#C66269

background

#F8F6F8

surface

#EFEBEF

border

#CAC6CA

text

#0B060B

muted

#7C7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #522E55

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

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