#522E9E#522E9E

#522E9E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.170 H 292.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#522E9E
RGB	rgb(82, 46, 158)
HSL	hsl(259, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(259, 71%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.1%, 70.9%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.95, 42.81, -55.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.95, 69.77, 307.85°)
OKLab	oklab(41.5% 0.0639 -0.1579)
OKLCH	oklch(41.5% 0.17 292)
XYZ	xyz(10.6265, 6.2161, 32.9810)
Luminance	0.0622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.74

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#522E9E #7A9E2E

analogous

#2E429E #522E9E #8A2E9E

triadic

#522E9E #9E522E #2E9E52

tetradic

#522E9E #9E2E42 #7A9E2E #2E9E8A

square

#522E9E #9E2E42 #7A9E2E #2E9E8A

split-complementary

#522E9E #9E8A2E #429E2E

monochromatic

#21123F #39206F #522E9E #6D41C8 #9171D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.36

#522E9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#522E9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #522E9E

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##522E9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##522E9E	1.00	9.36	2.24	9.36
#FFFFFF	9.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00449C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A4A62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #522e9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 46, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.170 292.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a6abc',
    500: '#522e9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #522e9e;
$custom-light: #8a6abc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#522e9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.286,
    "s": 54.902,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41497,
    "c": 0.17032,
    "h": 292
  },
  "luminance": 0.06216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#522E9E

secondary

#A3BD6B

accent

#DE4AAE

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #522E9E

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

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