#521B97#521B97

#521B97 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.183 H 296.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#521B97
RGB	rgb(82, 27, 151)
HSL	hsl(267, 70%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(267, 82%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.7%, 82.1%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.19, 49.82, -56.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.19, 75.68, 311.17°)
OKLab	oklab(38.66% 0.0821 -0.1633)
OKLCH	oklch(38.66% 0.183 296.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.4560, 4.8119, 29.7027)
Luminance	0.0481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#521B97 #60971B

analogous

#1B2297 #521B97 #901B97

triadic

#521B97 #97521B #1B9752

tetradic

#521B97 #971B22 #60971B #1B9790

square

#521B97 #971B22 #60971B #1B9790

split-complementary

#521B97 #97901B #22971B

monochromatic

#1A082F #361263 #521B97 #6E24CB #8E4DDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.70

#521B97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#521B97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #521B97

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##521B97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##521B97	1.00	10.70	1.96	10.70
#FFFFFF	10.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F3F5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #521b97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 27, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.183 296.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5fb7',
    500: '#521b97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #521b97;
$custom-light: #8a5fb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#521b97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.613,
    "s": 69.663,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3866,
    "c": 0.18273,
    "h": 296.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#521B97

secondary

#8EC14C

accent

#EC3B9E

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #521B97

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

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