#522a8b

Color #522a8b

A moderately saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Rebecca Purple #663399 · ΔE 6.2 Nearest Tailwind class purple-900 #59168b · ΔE 3.9

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Conversions

HEX

#522a8b

RGB

rgb(82, 42, 139)

HSL

hsl(264.7, 53.6%, 35.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(264.7, 69.8%, 54.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(41%, 69.8%, 0%, 45.5%)

LAB

lab(27.61, 39.64, -47.24)

LCH

lch(27.61, 61.67, 310)

OKLCH

oklch(39.3%, 0.1525, 297.88)

HWB

hwb(264.7, 16.5%, 45.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#638b2a

Analogous

#2a338b

#522a8b

#822a8b

Triadic

#522a8b

#8b522a

#2a8b52

Split-complementary

#522a8b

#8b822a

#338b2a

Tetradic

#522a8b

#8b2a63

#638b2a

#2a8b52

Square

#522a8b

#8b2a33

#638b2a

#2a8b82

Shades

Color #522a8b mixed toward black.

#442374

#371c5d

#291546

#1b0e2e

#0e0717

Tints

Color #522a8b mixed toward white.

#6b37b5

#8757cc

#a581d9

#c3abe6

#e1d5f2

Tones

Color #522a8b mixed toward gray.

#533283

#553a7b

#564273

#584a6b

#595263

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

10.18:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.06:1

White text reads better on this background (10.18:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#44447c · ΔE 10.2

Deuteranopia

#464978 · ΔE 12.3

Tritanopia

#516e6b · ΔE 30

Achromatopsia

#414141 · ΔE 26

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Code

CSS

background-color: #522a8b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#522a8b]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Frequently asked questions

#522a8b (#522a8b) is rgb(82, 42, 139) in RGB.

No, #522a8b is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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