#521561#521561

#521561 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.5% C 0.134 H 318.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#521561
RGB	rgb(82, 21, 97)
HSL	hsl(288, 64%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(288, 78%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 78.4%, 0%, 62%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.80, 39.40, -31.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.80, 50.38, 321.45°)
OKLab	oklab(33.47% 0.1008 -0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(33.47% 0.134 318.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.9052, 3.1935, 11.6123)
Luminance	0.0319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 3.80

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#521561 #246115

analogous

#2C1561 #521561 #61154A

triadic

#521561 #615215 #156152

tetradic

#521561 #612C15 #246115 #154A61

square

#521561 #612C15 #246115 #154A61

split-complementary

#521561 #4A6115 #15612C

monochromatic

#150519 #270A2F #521561 #7D2093 #A72BC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.82

#521561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#521561 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #521561

12.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##521561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##521561	1.00	12.82	1.64	12.82
#FFFFFF	12.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A345F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52243A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #521561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 21, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.5% 0.134 318.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865a8e',
    500: '#521561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #521561;
$custom-light: #865a8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#521561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.158,
    "s": 64.407,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33466,
    "c": 0.13386,
    "h": 318.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#521561

secondary

#4C983A

accent

#E74061

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0B040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #521561

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

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