#521579#521579

#521579 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.158 H 307.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#521579
RGB	rgb(82, 21, 121)
HSL	hsl(277, 70%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(277, 83%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.2%, 82.6%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.69, 44.77, -43.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.69, 62.71, 315.56°)
OKLab	oklab(35.39% 0.0961 -0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(35.39% 0.158 307.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.1983, 3.7107, 18.4225)
Luminance	0.0371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#521579 #3C7915

analogous

#201579 #521579 #79156E

triadic

#521579 #795215 #157952

tetradic

#521579 #792015 #3C7915 #156E79

square

#521579 #792015 #3C7915 #156E79

split-complementary

#521579 #6E7915 #157920

monochromatic

#12051A #2F0C45 #521579 #751EAD #972EDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.05

#521579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#521579 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #521579

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##521579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##521579	1.00	12.05	1.74	12.05
#FFFFFF	12.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00347C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003777

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B2F47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #521579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 21, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.158 307.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875ba0',
    500: '#521579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #521579;
$custom-light: #875ba0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#521579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.6,
    "s": 70.423,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35391,
    "c": 0.15757,
    "h": 307.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#521579

secondary

#68AF3B

accent

#ED3B80

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F3

border

#CBC5CD

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #521579

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

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