#521C8F#521C8F

#521C8F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.173 H 298.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#521C8F
RGB	rgb(82, 28, 143)
HSL	hsl(268, 67%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(268, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.7%, 80.4%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.59, 47.39, -53.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.59, 71.11, 311.79°)
OKLab	oklab(38.01% 0.0839 -0.1517)
OKLCH	oklch(38.01% 0.173 298.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.8516, 4.6074, 26.4042)
Luminance	0.0461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#521C8F #598F1C

analogous

#1C1F8F #521C8F #8B1C8F

triadic

#521C8F #8F521C #1C8F52

tetradic

#521C8F #8F1C1F #598F1C #1C8F8B

square

#521C8F #8F1C1F #598F1C #1C8F8B

split-complementary

#521C8F #8F8B1C #1F8F1C

monochromatic

#170829 #35125C #521C8F #6F26C2 #8E4ADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.93

#521C8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#521C8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #521C8F

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##521C8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##521C8F	1.00	10.93	1.92	10.93
#FFFFFF	10.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#433C55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #521c8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 28, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.173 298.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895fb1',
    500: '#521c8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #521c8f;
$custom-light: #895fb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#521c8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.174,
    "s": 67.251,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38011,
    "c": 0.17334,
    "h": 298.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#521C8F

secondary

#87BE49

accent

#EA3E99

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #521C8F

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

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