#521B86#521B86

#521B86 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.165 H 302.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#521B86
RGB	rgb(82, 27, 134)
HSL	hsl(271, 66%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(271, 80%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 79.9%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.64, 45.54, -48.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.64, 66.87, 312.93°)
OKLab	oklab(37.1% 0.0873 -0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(37.1% 0.165 302)
XYZ	xyz(8.1736, 4.2989, 22.9488)
Luminance	0.0430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.50

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#521B86 #4F861B

analogous

#1C1B86 #521B86 #861B85

triadic

#521B86 #86521B #1B8652

tetradic

#521B86 #861C1B #4F861B #1B8586

square

#521B86 #861C1B #4F861B #1B8586

split-complementary

#521B86 #85861B #1B861C

monochromatic

#140620 #331153 #521B86 #7125B9 #9042D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.29

#521B86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#521B86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #521B86

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##521B86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##521B86	1.00	11.29	1.86	11.29
#FFFFFF	11.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#473750

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #521b86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 27, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.165 302.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885eaa',
    500: '#521b86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #521b86;
$custom-light: #885eaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#521b86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.841,
    "s": 66.46,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.371,
    "c": 0.16481,
    "h": 302
  },
  "luminance": 0.04299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#521B86

secondary

#7DB944

accent

#E93E92

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #521B86

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

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