#522E8A#522E8A

#522E8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.146 H 297.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#522E8A
RGB	rgb(82, 46, 138)
HSL	hsl(263, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(263, 67%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.6%, 66.7%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.33, 37.16, -45.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.33, 58.70, 309.28°)
OKLab	oklab(39.83% 0.0669 -0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(39.83% 0.146 297.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.0429, 5.5827, 24.6410)
Luminance	0.0558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#522E8A #668A2E

analogous

#2E388A #522E8A #802E8A

triadic

#522E8A #8A522E #2E8A52

tetradic

#522E8A #8A2E38 #668A2E #2E8A80

square

#522E8A #8A2E38 #668A2E #2E8A80

split-complementary

#522E8A #8A802E #388A2E

monochromatic

#1B0F2E #371F5C #522E8A #6D3DB8 #8E66CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.92

#522E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#522E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #522E8A

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##522E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##522E8A	1.00	9.92	2.12	9.92
#FFFFFF	9.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00438D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004288

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#444358

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #522e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 46, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.146 297.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8769ad',
    500: '#522e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #522e8a;
$custom-light: #8769ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#522e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.478,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39831,
    "c": 0.14578,
    "h": 297.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#522E8A

secondary

#93B361

accent

#DA4EA3

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #522E8A

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

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