#521B4E#521B4E

#521B4E is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 32.9% C 0.107 H 330.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#521B4E
RGB	rgb(82, 27, 78)
HSL	hsl(304, 50%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(304, 67%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.1%, 4.9%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.55, 32.84, -19.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.55, 37.98, 329.83°)
OKLab	oklab(32.89% 0.0932 -0.0524)
OKLCH	oklch(32.89% 0.107 330.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.2467, 3.1281, 7.5337)
Luminance	0.0313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#521B4E #1B521F

analogous

#3B1B52 #521B4E #521B33

triadic

#521B4E #4E521B #1B4E52

tetradic

#521B4E #523B1B #1B521F #1B3352

square

#521B4E #523B1B #1B521F #1B3352

split-complementary

#521B4E #33521B #1B523B

monochromatic

#170816 #240C22 #521B4E #802A7A #AE39A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.92

#521B4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#521B4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #521B4E

12.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##521B4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##521B4E	1.00	12.92	1.63	12.92
#FFFFFF	12.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#172D50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A344D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#552131

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #521b4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 27, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.9% 0.107 330.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855c80',
    500: '#521b4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #521b4e;
$custom-light: #855c80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#521b4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.364,
    "s": 50.459,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32893,
    "c": 0.10696,
    "h": 330.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#521B4E

secondary

#418846

accent

#DA584E

background

#F8F5F7

surface

#EFE9EE

border

#CAC5C9

text

#0B040A

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #521B4E

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

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