#521259#521259

#521259 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.6% C 0.130 H 323.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#521259
RGB	rgb(82, 18, 89)
HSL	hsl(294, 66%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(294, 80%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 79.8%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.83, 38.92, -27.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.83, 47.73, 324.63°)
OKLab	oklab(32.6% 0.1046 -0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(32.6% 0.13 323.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.4990, 2.9481, 9.7286)
Luminance	0.0295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#521259 #195912

analogous

#2E1259 #521259 #59123C

triadic

#521259 #595212 #125952

tetradic

#521259 #592E12 #195912 #123C59

square

#521259 #592E12 #195912 #123C59

split-complementary

#521259 #3C5912 #12592E

monochromatic

#170519 #230826 #521259 #811C8C #B027BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.21

#521259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.59

#521259 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #521259

13.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##521259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##521259	1.00	13.21	1.59	13.21
#FFFFFF	13.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002B5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F3257

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#541F34

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #521259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 18, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.6% 0.130 323.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855888',
    500: '#521259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #521259;
$custom-light: #855888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#521259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.085,
    "s": 66.355,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32598,
    "c": 0.12991,
    "h": 323.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#521259

secondary

#3E9235

accent

#E93F4F

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0B040B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #521259

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

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