#521B89#521B89

#521B89 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.168 H 301.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#521B89
RGB	rgb(82, 27, 137)
HSL	hsl(270, 67%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(270, 80%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.1%, 80.3%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.90, 46.29, -50.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.90, 68.44, 312.56°)
OKLab	oklab(37.37% 0.0865 -0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(37.37% 0.168 301)
XYZ	xyz(8.3859, 4.3838, 24.0664)
Luminance	0.0438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#521B89 #52891B

analogous

#1B1B89 #521B89 #891B89

triadic

#521B89 #89521B #1B8952

tetradic

#521B89 #891B1B #52891B #1B8989

square

#521B89 #891B1B #52891B #1B8989

split-complementary

#521B89 #89891B #1B891B

monochromatic

#150723 #331156 #521B89 #7125BC #8F44DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.19

#521B89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#521B89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #521B89

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##521B89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##521B89	1.00	11.19	1.88	11.19
#FFFFFF	11.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453952

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #521b89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 27, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.168 301.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885eac',
    500: '#521b89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #521b89;
$custom-light: #885eac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#521b89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 67.073,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37368,
    "c": 0.16798,
    "h": 301
  },
  "luminance": 0.04384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#521B89

secondary

#80BC44

accent

#EA3E94

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #521B89

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

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