#520B4B#520B4B

#520B4B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 31.1% C 0.126 H 332.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#520B4B
RGB	rgb(82, 11, 75)
HSL	hsl(306, 76%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(306, 87%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 86.6%, 8.5%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.11, 38.69, -20.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.11, 43.97, 331.63°)
OKLab	oklab(31.07% 0.1116 -0.0575)
OKLCH	oklch(31.07% 0.126 332.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.8694, 2.5416, 6.8894)
Luminance	0.0254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#520B4B #0B5212

analogous

#350B52 #520B4B #520B27

triadic

#520B4B #4B520B #0B4B52

tetradic

#520B4B #52350B #0B5212 #0B2752

square

#520B4B #52350B #0B5212 #0B2752

split-complementary

#520B4B #27520B #0B5235

monochromatic

#1B0419 #1C041A #520B4B #88127C #BE19AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.92

#520B4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#520B4B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #520B4B

13.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##520B4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##520B4B	1.00	13.92	1.51	13.92
#FFFFFF	13.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#06264D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#243049

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56142B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #520b4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 11, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.1% 0.126 332.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86557d',
    500: '#520b4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #520b4b;
$custom-light: #86557d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#520b4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 11,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.915,
    "s": 76.344,
    "l": 18.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31073,
    "c": 0.12551,
    "h": 332.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#520B4B

secondary

#2B8E35

accent

#F34835

background

#F8F5F7

surface

#F0E9EE

border

#CBC5C9

text

#0B0309

muted

#7C787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #520B4B

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

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