#521C8D#521C8D

#521C8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.171 H 299.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#521C8D
RGB	rgb(82, 28, 141)
HSL	hsl(269, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(269, 80%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 80.1%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.40, 46.88, -52.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.40, 70.07, 312.00°)
OKLab	oklab(37.83% 0.0845 -0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(37.83% 0.171 299.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.7014, 4.5473, 25.6134)
Luminance	0.0455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#521C8D #578D1C

analogous

#1C1E8D #521C8D #8A1C8D

triadic

#521C8D #8D521C #1C8D52

tetradic

#521C8D #8D1C1E #578D1C #1C8D8A

square

#521C8D #8D1C1E #578D1C #1C8D8A

split-complementary

#521C8D #8D8A1C #1E8D1C

monochromatic

#170827 #34125A #521C8D #7026C0 #8E49DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.00

#521C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#521C8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #521C8D

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##521C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##521C8D	1.00	11.00	1.91	11.00
#FFFFFF	11.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443B54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #521c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 28, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.171 299.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895faf',
    500: '#521c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #521c8d;
$custom-light: #895faf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#521c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.673,
    "s": 66.864,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37829,
    "c": 0.17122,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#521C8D

secondary

#85BD48

accent

#EA3E98

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #521C8D

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

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