#521059#521059

#521059 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.4% C 0.132 H 323.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#521059
RGB	rgb(82, 16, 89)
HSL	hsl(294, 70%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(294, 82%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 82%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.58, 39.65, -28.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.58, 48.56, 324.74°)
OKLab	oklab(32.42% 0.1066 -0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(32.42% 0.132 323.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.4680, 2.8860, 9.7183)
Luminance	0.0289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#521059 #175910

analogous

#2D1059 #521059 #59103B

triadic

#521059 #595210 #105952

tetradic

#521059 #592D10 #175910 #103B59

square

#521059 #592D10 #175910 #103B59

split-complementary

#521059 #3B5910 #10592D

monochromatic

#18051A #220725 #521059 #82198D #B223C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.31

#521059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#521059 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #521059

13.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##521059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##521059	1.00	13.31	1.58	13.31
#FFFFFF	13.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002A5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E3257

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#541E34

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #521059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 16, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.4% 0.132 323.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865788',
    500: '#521059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #521059;
$custom-light: #865788;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#521059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 16,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.247,
    "s": 69.524,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32418,
    "c": 0.13221,
    "h": 323.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#521059

secondary

#3C9233

accent

#EC3B4C

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0B030B

muted

#7C787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #521059

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

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