#521159#521159

#521159 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.5% C 0.131 H 323.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#521159
RGB	rgb(82, 17, 89)
HSL	hsl(294, 68%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(294, 81%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 80.9%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.71, 39.29, -27.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.71, 48.15, 324.69°)
OKLab	oklab(32.51% 0.1056 -0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(32.51% 0.131 323.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.4831, 2.9163, 9.7234)
Luminance	0.0292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#521159 #185911

analogous

#2E1159 #521159 #59113C

triadic

#521159 #595211 #115952

tetradic

#521159 #592E11 #185911 #113C59

square

#521159 #592E11 #185911 #113C59

split-complementary

#521159 #3C5911 #11592E

monochromatic

#18051A #230726 #521159 #811B8C #B125C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.26

#521159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#521159 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #521159

13.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##521159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##521159	1.00	13.26	1.58	13.26
#FFFFFF	13.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002B5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E3257

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#541F34

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #521159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 17, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.5% 0.131 323.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855788',
    500: '#521159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #521159;
$custom-light: #855788;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#521159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.167,
    "s": 67.925,
    "l": 20.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32506,
    "c": 0.13108,
    "h": 323.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#521159

secondary

#3D9234

accent

#EB3D4E

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0B040B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #521159

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

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