#522EAE#522EAE

#522EAE is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.189 H 288.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#522EAE
RGB	rgb(82, 46, 174)
HSL	hsl(257, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(257, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 73.6%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.35, 47.37, -62.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.35, 78.38, 307.19°)
OKLab	oklab(42.93% 0.0605 -0.1795)
OKLCH	oklch(42.93% 0.189 288.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.0944, 6.8032, 40.7121)
Luminance	0.0680 (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

#522EAE #8AAE2E

analogous

#2E4AAE #522EAE #922EAE

triadic

#522EAE #AE522E #2EAE52

tetradic

#522EAE #AE2E4A #8AAE2E #2EAE92

square

#522EAE #AE2E4A #8AAE2E #2EAE92

split-complementary

#522EAE #AE922E #4AAE2E

monochromatic

#24144D #3B217E #522EAE #6F4ACF #967ADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.90

#522EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#522EAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #522EAE

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##522EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##522EAE	1.00	8.90	2.36	8.90
#FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0046AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F516B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #522eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 46, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.189 288.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c6ac7',
    500: '#522eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #522eae;
$custom-light: #8c6ac7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#522eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.875,
    "s": 58.182,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42926,
    "c": 0.18937,
    "h": 288.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#522EAE

secondary

#AEC474

accent

#E146B6

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #522EAE

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

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