#521B87#521B87

#521B87 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.166 H 301.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#521B87
RGB	rgb(82, 27, 135)
HSL	hsl(271, 67%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(271, 80%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.3%, 80%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.72, 45.79, -49.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.72, 67.39, 312.80°)
OKLab	oklab(37.19% 0.0871 -0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(37.19% 0.166 301.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.2437, 4.3269, 23.3178)
Luminance	0.0433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.51

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#521B87 #50871B

analogous

#1C1B87 #521B87 #871B86

triadic

#521B87 #87521B #1B8752

tetradic

#521B87 #871C1B #50871B #1B8687

square

#521B87 #871C1B #50871B #1B8687

split-complementary

#521B87 #86871B #1B871C

monochromatic

#140721 #331154 #521B87 #7125BA #9043D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.26

#521B87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#521B87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #521B87

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##521B87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##521B87	1.00	11.26	1.87	11.26
#FFFFFF	11.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#463851

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #521b87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 27, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.166 301.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885eab',
    500: '#521b87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #521b87;
$custom-light: #885eab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#521b87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.556,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37189,
    "c": 0.16587,
    "h": 301.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#521B87

secondary

#7EBA44

accent

#EA3E92

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #521B87

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

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