#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
RGBrgb(82, 27, 139)
HSLhsl(269, 67%, 33%)
HSVhsv(269, 81%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(41%, 80.6%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LABlab(25.08, 46.79, -51.36)
CIE-LCHlch(25.08, 69.48, 312.33°)
OKLaboklab(37.55% 0.0859 -0.1468)
OKLCHoklch(37.55% 0.17 300.3)
XYZxyz(8.5306, 4.4417, 24.8290)
Luminance0.0444 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

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
##521B8B1.0011.121.8911.12
#FFFFFF11.121.0021.001.00
#0000001.8921.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF11.121.0021.001.00

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

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#521B8B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva