#521B60#521B60

#521B60 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.125 H 318.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#521B60
RGB	rgb(82, 27, 96)
HSL	hsl(288, 56%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(288, 72%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 71.9%, 0%, 62.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.66, 36.56, -29.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.66, 46.88, 321.24°)
OKLab	oklab(34.06% 0.0939 -0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(34.06% 0.125 318.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.9826, 3.4225, 11.4095)
Luminance	0.0342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#521B60 #29601B

analogous

#301B60 #521B60 #601B4C

triadic

#521B60 #60521B #1B6052

tetradic

#521B60 #60301B #29601B #1B4C60

square

#521B60 #60301B #29601B #1B4C60

split-complementary

#521B60 #4C601B #1B6030

monochromatic

#140718 #290E30 #521B60 #7B2890 #A436C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.47

#521B60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#521B60 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #521B60

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##521B60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##521B60	1.00	12.47	1.68	12.47
#FFFFFF	12.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#013062

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F365E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52283B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #521b60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 27, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.125 318.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855c8d',
    500: '#521b60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #521b60;
$custom-light: #855c8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#521b60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.826,
    "s": 56.098,
    "l": 24.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34057,
    "c": 0.12482,
    "h": 318.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#521B60

secondary

#529641

accent

#DF4867

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #521B60

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

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