#521B8A#521B8A

#521B8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.169 H 300.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#521B8A
RGB	rgb(82, 27, 138)
HSL	hsl(270, 67%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(270, 80%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.6%, 80.4%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.99, 46.54, -50.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.99, 68.96, 312.45°)
OKLab	oklab(37.46% 0.0862 -0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(37.46% 0.169 300.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.4579, 4.4126, 24.4459)
Luminance	0.0441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#521B8A #538A1B

analogous

#1B1B8A #521B8A #8A1B8A

triadic

#521B8A #8A521B #1B8A52

tetradic

#521B8A #8A1B1B #538A1B #1B8A8A

square

#521B8A #8A1B1B #538A1B #1B8A8A

split-complementary

#521B8A #8A8A1B #1B8A1B

monochromatic

#150724 #341157 #521B8A #7025BD #8F45DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.15

#521B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#521B8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #521B8A

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##521B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##521B8A	1.00	11.15	1.88	11.15
#FFFFFF	11.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453952

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #521b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 27, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.169 300.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895fad',
    500: '#521b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #521b8a;
$custom-light: #895fad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#521b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.73,
    "s": 67.273,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37458,
    "c": 0.16904,
    "h": 300.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#521B8A

secondary

#81BC45

accent

#EA3E95

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #521B8A

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

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