#522EA5#522EA5

#522EA5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.179 H 290.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#522EA5
RGB	rgb(82, 46, 165)
HSL	hsl(258, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(258, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 72.1%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.55, 44.80, -58.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.55, 73.56, 307.52°)
OKLab	oklab(42.11% 0.0625 -0.1674)
OKLCH	oklch(42.11% 0.179 290.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.2463, 6.4640, 36.2451)
Luminance	0.0646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#522EA5 #81A52E

analogous

#2E46A5 #522EA5 #8E2EA5

triadic

#522EA5 #A5522E #2EA552

tetradic

#522EA5 #A52E46 #81A52E #2EA58E

square

#522EA5 #A52E46 #81A52E #2EA58E

split-complementary

#522EA5 #A58E2E #46A52E

monochromatic

#221345 #3A2175 #522EA5 #6E45CB #9375D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.16

#522EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#522EA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #522EA5

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##522EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##522EA5	1.00	9.16	2.29	9.16
#FFFFFF	9.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#364D66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #522ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 46, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.179 290.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b6ac1',
    500: '#522ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #522ea5;
$custom-light: #8b6ac1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#522ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.151,
    "s": 56.398,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42112,
    "c": 0.17872,
    "h": 290.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#522EA5

secondary

#A8C06F

accent

#E048B2

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0712

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #522EA5

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

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