#521C8A#521C8A

#521C8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.168 H 300.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#521C8A
RGB	rgb(82, 28, 138)
HSL	hsl(269, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(269, 80%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.6%, 79.7%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.13, 46.13, -50.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.13, 68.50, 312.32°)
OKLab	oklab(37.56% 0.0854 -0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(37.56% 0.168 300.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.4812, 4.4592, 24.4537)
Luminance	0.0446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#521C8A #548A1C

analogous

#1C1D8A #521C8A #891C8A

triadic

#521C8A #8A521C #1C8A52

tetradic

#521C8A #8A1C1D #548A1C #1C8A89

square

#521C8A #8A1C1D #548A1C #1C8A89

split-complementary

#521C8A #8A891C #1D8A1C

monochromatic

#160724 #341257 #521C8A #7026BD #8F47DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.10

#521C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#521C8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #521C8A

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##521C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##521C8A	1.00	11.10	1.89	11.10
#FFFFFF	11.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453A53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #521c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 28, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.168 300.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895fad',
    500: '#521c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #521c8a;
$custom-light: #895fad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#521c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.455,
    "s": 66.265,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37558,
    "c": 0.16802,
    "h": 300.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#521C8A

secondary

#82BB46

accent

#E93F95

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #521C8A

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

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