#521B82#521B82

#521B82 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.161 H 303.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#521B82
RGB	rgb(82, 27, 130)
HSL	hsl(272, 66%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(272, 79%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.9%, 79.2%, 0%, 49%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.29, 44.55, -47.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.29, 64.77, 313.46°)
OKLab	oklab(36.75% 0.0884 -0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(36.75% 0.161 303.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.8999, 4.1894, 21.5072)
Luminance	0.0419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.55

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#521B82 #4B821B

analogous

#1F1B82 #521B82 #821B7E

triadic

#521B82 #82521B #1B8252

tetradic

#521B82 #821F1B #4B821B #1B7E82

square

#521B82 #821F1B #4B821B #1B7E82

split-complementary

#521B82 #7E821B #1B821F

monochromatic

#12061D #32104F #521B82 #7226B5 #9140D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.43

#521B82 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#521B82 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #521B82

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##521B82	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##521B82	1.00	11.43	1.84	11.43
#FFFFFF	11.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003985

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003980

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48364E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #521b82;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 27, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.161 303.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885ea7',
    500: '#521b82',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #521b82;
$custom-light: #885ea7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#521b82",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.039,
    "s": 65.605,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36748,
    "c": 0.16059,
    "h": 303.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#521B82

secondary

#79B643

accent

#E93F8E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #521B82

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

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