#522E8B#522E8B

#522E8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.147 H 297.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#522E8B
RGB	rgb(82, 46, 139)
HSL	hsl(263, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(263, 67%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(41%, 66.9%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.41, 37.44, -45.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.41, 59.26, 309.18°)
OKLab	oklab(39.91% 0.0668 -0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(39.91% 0.147 297)
XYZ	xyz(9.1157, 5.6117, 25.0240)
Luminance	0.0561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#522E8B #678B2E

analogous

#2E398B #522E8B #812E8B

triadic

#522E8B #8B522E #2E8B52

tetradic

#522E8B #8B2E39 #678B2E #2E8B81

square

#522E8B #8B2E39 #678B2E #2E8B81

split-complementary

#522E8B #8B812E #398B2E

monochromatic

#1C102F #371F5D #522E8B #6D3DB9 #8E67CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.89

#522E8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#522E8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #522E8B

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##522E8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##522E8B	1.00	9.89	2.12	9.89
#FFFFFF	9.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00438E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004289

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#444358

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #522e8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 46, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.147 297.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8769ae',
    500: '#522e8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #522e8b;
$custom-light: #8769ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#522e8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.226,
    "s": 50.27,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39911,
    "c": 0.14703,
    "h": 297
  },
  "luminance": 0.05612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#522E8B

secondary

#94B361

accent

#DA4EA4

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #522E8B

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

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