#521979#521979

#521979 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.153 H 307.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#521979
RGB	rgb(82, 25, 121)
HSL	hsl(276, 66%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(276, 79%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.2%, 79.3%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.24, 43.20, -43.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.24, 60.97, 315.12°)
OKLab	oklab(35.77% 0.0925 -0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(35.77% 0.153 307.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.2778, 3.8697, 18.4490)
Luminance	0.0387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#521979 #407919

analogous

#221979 #521979 #791970

triadic

#521979 #795219 #197952

tetradic

#521979 #792219 #407919 #197079

square

#521979 #792219 #407919 #197079

split-complementary

#521979 #707919 #197922

monochromatic

#110519 #300F46 #521979 #7423AC #9537D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.84

#521979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#521979 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #521979

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##521979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##521979	1.00	11.84	1.77	11.84
#FFFFFF	11.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003877

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B3148

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #521979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 25, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.153 307.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875da0',
    500: '#521979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #521979;
$custom-light: #875da0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#521979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.625,
    "s": 65.753,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35773,
    "c": 0.15335,
    "h": 307.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#521979

secondary

#6DAE40

accent

#E93F84

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #521979

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

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