#520E7B#520E7B

#520E7B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.166 H 307.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#520E7B
RGB	rgb(82, 14, 123)
HSL	hsl(277, 80%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(277, 89%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 88.6%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.08, 47.52, -46.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.08, 66.27, 315.82°)
OKLab	oklab(35.02% 0.1006 -0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(35.02% 0.166 307.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.2111, 3.5381, 19.0381)
Luminance	0.0354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.56

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#520E7B #377B0E

analogous

#1B0E7B #520E7B #7B0E6E

triadic

#520E7B #7B520E #0E7B52

tetradic

#520E7B #7B1B0E #377B0E #0E6E7B

square

#520E7B #7B1B0E #377B0E #0E6E7B

split-complementary

#520E7B #6E7B0E #0E7B1B

monochromatic

#12031B #2D0844 #520E7B #7714B2 #9A1EE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.30

#520E7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#520E7B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #520E7B

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##520E7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##520E7B	1.00	12.30	1.71	12.30
#FFFFFF	12.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00337E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003579

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B2D47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #520e7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 14, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.166 307.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8858a2',
    500: '#520e7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #520e7b;
$custom-light: #8858a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#520e7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.431,
    "s": 79.562,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35022,
    "c": 0.16558,
    "h": 307.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#520E7B

secondary

#63B233

accent

#F6327C

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #520E7B

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

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