#521581#521581

#521581 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.166 H 304.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#521581
RGB	rgb(82, 21, 129)
HSL	hsl(274, 72%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(274, 84%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 83.7%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.39, 46.66, -47.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.39, 66.83, 314.28°)
OKLab	oklab(36.09% 0.0938 -0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(36.09% 0.166 304.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.7094, 3.9152, 21.1142)
Luminance	0.0391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.73

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#521581 #448115

analogous

#1C1581 #521581 #81157A

triadic

#521581 #815215 #158152

tetradic

#521581 #811C15 #448115 #157A81

square

#521581 #811C15 #448115 #157A81

split-complementary

#521581 #7A8115 #15811C

monochromatic

#11041A #310C4C #521581 #731EB6 #9333DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.78

#521581 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#521581 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #521581

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##521581	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##521581	1.00	11.78	1.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	11.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003684

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00387F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#49334C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #521581;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 21, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.166 304.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885ba6',
    500: '#521581',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #521581;
$custom-light: #885ba6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#521581",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.889,
    "s": 72,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36094,
    "c": 0.16557,
    "h": 304.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#521581

secondary

#71B63C

accent

#EF3988

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #521581

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

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