#522EA9#522EA9

#522EA9 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.183 H 289.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#522EA9
RGB	rgb(82, 46, 169)
HSL	hsl(258, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(258, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 72.8%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.91, 45.94, -60.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.91, 75.71, 307.36°)
OKLab	oklab(42.47% 0.0616 -0.1728)
OKLCH	oklch(42.47% 0.183 289.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.6160, 6.6119, 38.1926)
Luminance	0.0661 (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

#522EA9 #85A92E

analogous

#2E48A9 #522EA9 #902EA9

triadic

#522EA9 #A9522E #2EA952

tetradic

#522EA9 #A92E48 #85A92E #2EA990

square

#522EA9 #A92E48 #85A92E #2EA990

split-complementary

#522EA9 #A9902E #48A92E

monochromatic

#231449 #3B2179 #522EA9 #6E47CD #9477DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.04

#522EA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#522EA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #522EA9

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##522EA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##522EA9	1.00	9.04	2.32	9.04
#FFFFFF	9.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0046A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#334F69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #522ea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 46, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.183 289.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b6ac4',
    500: '#522ea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #522ea9;
$custom-light: #8b6ac4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#522ea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.561,
    "s": 57.209,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42471,
    "c": 0.18347,
    "h": 289.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#522EA9

secondary

#AAC271

accent

#E047B4

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #522EA9

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

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