#521BA0#521BA0

#521BA0 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.192 H 294.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#521BA0
RGB	rgb(82, 27, 160)
HSL	hsl(265, 71%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(265, 83%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.8%, 83.1%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.06, 52.11, -61.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.06, 80.26, 310.49°)
OKLab	oklab(39.53% 0.079 -0.1752)
OKLCH	oklch(39.53% 0.192 294.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.2150, 5.1155, 33.7001)
Luminance	0.0512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#521BA0 #69A01B

analogous

#1B27A0 #521BA0 #951BA0

triadic

#521BA0 #A0521B #1BA052

tetradic

#521BA0 #A01B27 #69A01B #1BA095

square

#521BA0 #A01B27 #69A01B #1BA095

split-complementary

#521BA0 #A0951B #27A01B

monochromatic

#1C0937 #37126C #521BA0 #6D24D4 #8E53E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.38

#521BA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#521BA0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #521BA0

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##521BA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##521BA0	1.00	10.38	2.02	10.38
#FFFFFF	10.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0041A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A435F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #521ba0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 27, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.192 294.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b60bd',
    500: '#521ba0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #521ba0;
$custom-light: #8b60bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#521ba0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.812,
    "s": 71.123,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39525,
    "c": 0.19218,
    "h": 294.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#521BA0

secondary

#95C552

accent

#EE3AA3

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F1EAF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0512

muted

#7E7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #521BA0

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

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