#522EB4#522EB4

#522EB4 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.196 H 287.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#522EB4
RGB	rgb(82, 46, 180)
HSL	hsl(256, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(256, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 74.4%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.90, 49.09, -65.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.90, 81.55, 307.01°)
OKLab	oklab(43.48% 0.059 -0.1873)
OKLCH	oklch(43.48% 0.196 287.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.6924, 7.0425, 43.8617)
Luminance	0.0704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Purple Blue

#5D21D0

ΔE00 4.16

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#522EB4 #90B42E

analogous

#2E4DB4 #522EB4 #952EB4

triadic

#522EB4 #B4522E #2EB452

tetradic

#522EB4 #B42E4D #90B42E #2EB495

square

#522EB4 #B42E4D #90B42E #2EB495

split-complementary

#522EB4 #B4952E #4DB42E

monochromatic

#261553 #3C2283 #522EB4 #714ED2 #987EDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.72

#522EB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#522EB4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #522EB4

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##522EB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##522EB4	1.00	8.72	2.41	8.72
#FFFFFF	8.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29536F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #522eb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 46, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.196 287.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d6bcc',
    500: '#522eb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #522eb4;
$custom-light: #8d6bcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#522eb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.119,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4348,
    "c": 0.19638,
    "h": 287.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#522EB4

secondary

#B1C777

accent

#E245B8

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF9

border

#CCC6D2

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #522EB4

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

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