#521C91#521C91

#521C91 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.175 H 298.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#521C91
RGB	rgb(82, 28, 145)
HSL	hsl(268, 68%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(268, 81%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.4%, 80.7%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.77, 47.90, -53.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.77, 72.15, 311.59°)
OKLab	oklab(38.2% 0.0833 -0.1545)
OKLCH	oklch(38.2% 0.175 298.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.0044, 4.6685, 27.2093)
Luminance	0.0467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#521C91 #5B911C

analogous

#1C2191 #521C91 #8D1C91

triadic

#521C91 #91521C #1C9152

tetradic

#521C91 #911C21 #5B911C #1C918D

square

#521C91 #911C21 #5B911C #1C918D

split-complementary

#521C91 #918D1C #21911C

monochromatic

#18082A #35125E #521C91 #6F26C4 #8E4BDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.86

#521C91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#521C91 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #521C91

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##521C91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##521C91	1.00	10.86	1.93	10.86
#FFFFFF	10.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423D57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #521c91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 28, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.175 298.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895fb2',
    500: '#521c91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #521c91;
$custom-light: #895fb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#521c91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.692,
    "s": 67.63,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38195,
    "c": 0.17547,
    "h": 298.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#521C91

secondary

#89BE4A

accent

#EB3D9B

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #521C91

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

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