#521C8B#521C8B

#521C8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.169 H 300.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#521C8B
RGB	rgb(82, 28, 139)
HSL	hsl(269, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(269, 80%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(41%, 79.9%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.22, 46.38, -51.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.22, 69.03, 312.21°)
OKLab	oklab(37.65% 0.0851 -0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(37.65% 0.169 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.5540, 4.4883, 24.8368)
Luminance	0.0449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#521C8B #558B1C

analogous

#1C1E8B #521C8B #891C8B

triadic

#521C8B #8B521C #1C8B52

tetradic

#521C8B #8B1C1E #558B1C #1C8B89

square

#521C8B #8B1C1E #558B1C #1C8B89

split-complementary

#521C8B #8B891C #1E8B1C

monochromatic

#160725 #341258 #521C8B #7026BE #8F47DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.07

#521C8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#521C8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #521C8B

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##521C8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##521C8B	1.00	11.07	1.90	11.07
#FFFFFF	11.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453A53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #521c8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 28, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.169 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895fae',
    500: '#521c8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #521c8b;
$custom-light: #895fae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#521c8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.189,
    "s": 66.467,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37648,
    "c": 0.16909,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#521C8B

secondary

#83BC47

accent

#E93E96

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #521C8B

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

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