#520E57#520E57

#520E57 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 32.1% C 0.133 H 325.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#520E57
RGB	rgb(82, 14, 87)
HSL	hsl(296, 72%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(296, 84%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 83.9%, 0%, 65.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.21, 39.94, -27.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.21, 48.37, 325.66°)
OKLab	oklab(32.11% 0.1086 -0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(32.11% 0.133 325)
XYZ	xyz(5.3569, 2.7964, 9.2726)
Luminance	0.0280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 6.42

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#520E57 #13570E

analogous

#2D0E57 #520E57 #570E38

triadic

#520E57 #57520E #0E5752

tetradic

#520E57 #572D0E #13570E #0E3857

square

#520E57 #572D0E #13570E #0E3857

split-complementary

#520E57 #38570E #0E572D

monochromatic

#19041A #200622 #520E57 #84168C #B51FC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.47

#520E57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.56

#520E57 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #520E57

13.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##520E57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##520E57	1.00	13.47	1.56	13.47
#FFFFFF	13.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002959

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E3155

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#541C32

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #520e57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 14, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.1% 0.133 325.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865687',
    500: '#520e57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #520e57;
$custom-light: #865687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#520e57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.89,
    "s": 72.277,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3211,
    "c": 0.13258,
    "h": 325
  },
  "luminance": 0.02796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#520E57

secondary

#369130

accent

#EF3945

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9EF

border

#CBC5CA

text

#0B030B

muted

#7C787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #520E57

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

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