#521981#521981

#521981 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.162 H 304.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#521981
RGB	rgb(82, 25, 129)
HSL	hsl(273, 68%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(273, 81%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 80.6%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.91, 45.13, -46.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.91, 65.15, 313.84°)
OKLab	oklab(36.46% 0.0905 -0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(36.46% 0.162 304)
XYZ	xyz(7.7888, 4.0741, 21.1407)
Luminance	0.0407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.28

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#521981 #488119

analogous

#1E1981 #521981 #81197C

triadic

#521981 #815219 #198152

tetradic

#521981 #811E19 #488119 #197C81

square

#521981 #811E19 #488119 #197C81

split-complementary

#521981 #7C8119 #19811E

monochromatic

#11051A #310F4E #521981 #7323B4 #923BD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.57

#521981 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#521981 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #521981

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##521981	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##521981	1.00	11.57	1.81	11.57
#FFFFFF	11.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003884

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00397F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#49344D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #521981;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 25, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.162 304.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885da6',
    500: '#521981',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #521981;
$custom-light: #885da6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#521981",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.885,
    "s": 67.532,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3646,
    "c": 0.16166,
    "h": 304
  },
  "luminance": 0.04074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#521981

secondary

#75B541

accent

#EA3D8C

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #521981

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

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