#520B49#520B49

#520B49 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.9% C 0.124 H 334.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#520B49
RGB	rgb(82, 11, 73)
HSL	hsl(308, 76%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(308, 87%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 86.6%, 11%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.98, 38.35, -19.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.98, 43.12, 332.80°)
OKLab	oklab(30.95% 0.1115 -0.054)
OKLCH	oklch(30.95% 0.124 334.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.8020, 2.5147, 6.5345)
Luminance	0.0251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#520B49 #0B5214

analogous

#370B52 #520B49 #520B25

triadic

#520B49 #49520B #0B4952

tetradic

#520B49 #52370B #0B5214 #0B2552

square

#520B49 #52370B #0B5214 #0B2552

split-complementary

#520B49 #25520B #0B5237

monochromatic

#1B0418 #1C0419 #520B49 #881279 #BE19A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.97

#520B49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.50

#520B49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #520B49

13.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##520B49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##520B49	1.00	13.97	1.50	13.97
#FFFFFF	13.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#09254B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#253047

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56132A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #520b49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 11, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.9% 0.124 334.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86547c',
    500: '#520b49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #520b49;
$custom-light: #86547c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#520b49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 11,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.606,
    "s": 76.344,
    "l": 18.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30947,
    "c": 0.12392,
    "h": 334.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#520B49

secondary

#2B8E38

accent

#F34D35

background

#F8F5F7

surface

#F0E9EE

border

#CBC5C9

text

#0B0309

muted

#7C787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #520B49

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

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