#521B8B#521B8B

#521B8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.170 H 300.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#521B8B
RGB	rgb(82, 27, 139)
HSL	hsl(269, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(269, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(41%, 80.6%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.08, 46.79, -51.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.08, 69.48, 312.33°)
OKLab	oklab(37.55% 0.0859 -0.1468)
OKLCH	oklch(37.55% 0.17 300.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.5306, 4.4417, 24.8290)
Luminance	0.0444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#521B8B #548B1B

analogous

#1B1C8B #521B8B #8A1B8B

triadic

#521B8B #8B521B #1B8B52

tetradic

#521B8B #8B1B1C #548B1B #1B8B8A

square

#521B8B #8B1B1C #548B1B #1B8B8A

split-complementary

#521B8B #8B8A1B #1C8B1B

monochromatic

#160725 #341158 #521B8B #7025BE #8F45DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.12

#521B8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#521B8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #521B8B

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##521B8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##521B8B	1.00	11.12	1.89	11.12
#FFFFFF	11.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453A53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #521b8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 27, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.170 300.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895fae',
    500: '#521b8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #521b8b;
$custom-light: #895fae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#521b8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.464,
    "s": 67.47,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37548,
    "c": 0.1701,
    "h": 300.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#521B8B

secondary

#82BC45

accent

#EA3D95

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #521B8B

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

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