#521C8E#521C8E

#521C8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.172 H 299.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#521C8E
RGB	rgb(82, 28, 142)
HSL	hsl(268, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(268, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.3%, 80.3%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.49, 47.14, -52.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.49, 70.59, 311.89°)
OKLab	oklab(37.92% 0.0842 -0.1503)
OKLCH	oklch(37.92% 0.172 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.7762, 4.5772, 26.0071)
Luminance	0.0458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#521C8E #588E1C

analogous

#1C1F8E #521C8E #8B1C8E

triadic

#521C8E #8E521C #1C8E52

tetradic

#521C8E #8E1C1F #588E1C #1C8E8B

square

#521C8E #8E1C1F #588E1C #1C8E8B

split-complementary

#521C8E #8E8B1C #1F8E1C

monochromatic

#170828 #34125B #521C8E #7026C1 #8E49DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.96

#521C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#521C8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #521C8E

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##521C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##521C8E	1.00	10.96	1.92	10.96
#FFFFFF	10.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#433B55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #521c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 28, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.172 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895fb0',
    500: '#521c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #521c8e;
$custom-light: #895fb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#521c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.421,
    "s": 67.059,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3792,
    "c": 0.17228,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#521C8E

secondary

#86BD49

accent

#EA3E98

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #521C8E

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

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