Information about #522C53 color

#522C53 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #522C53 is classified in the Register under the Magenta Color Family, with Mild Saturation and Dark brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(82, 44, 83) — 32.2% red, 17.3% green, 32.5% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 15 / 0 / 67. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

A moderately toned purple-pink magenta, #522C53 stays on the darker end of the scale. Expect to see shades like this in moody backdrops, typography on light surfaces and premium packaging. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Grape Royale (#4F2D54). Slightly further away sit Dark Heliotrope (#532759) and Voodoo (#533455).

The recipe behind #522C53 is rgb(82, 44, 83), with blue as the dominant ingredient. On this background, white text reaches a 11.4:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); black stays at 1.8:1. On paper it relies strongly on black ink (K:67), so proof dark layouts before a large print run. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #522C53 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#522C53 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#522C53 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #522C53

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Grape Royale color link
Grape Royale

#4F2D54

Voodoo color link
Voodoo

#533455

Scarlet Gum color link
Scarlet Gum

#4A2D57

Troubadour color link
Troubadour

#56225A

Broadway color link
Broadway

#553146

Loulou color link
Loulou

#4C3347

Dark Cerise color link
Dark Cerise

#592746

Grapevine color link
Grapevine

#43254F

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#522C53
  • RGB82, 44, 83
  • CMYK0, 15, 0, 67
  • CSSrgb(82, 44, 83)
  • HSL298°, 31%, 25%
  • HSL Precise298.462°, 30.709%, 24.902%
  • HSV298°, 47%, 33%
  • HSB298°, 47%, 33%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.322
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.173
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.325
  • GLSLvec3(0.322, 0.173, 0.325)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.322, 0.173, 0.325, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.322, 0.173, 0.325)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB32.2%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB17.3%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB32.5%
  • Color FamilyMagenta
  • Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyDark
  • HEX ID522C53
  • DECIMAL ID5385299
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01