#521C97#521C97

#521C97 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.182 H 296.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#521C97
RGB	rgb(82, 28, 151)
HSL	hsl(266, 69%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(266, 81%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.7%, 81.5%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.33, 49.43, -56.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.33, 75.25, 311.06°)
OKLab	oklab(38.76% 0.0814 -0.1626)
OKLCH	oklch(38.76% 0.182 296.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.4794, 4.8585, 29.7105)
Luminance	0.0486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#521C97 #61971C

analogous

#1C2497 #521C97 #8F1C97

triadic

#521C97 #97521C #1C9752

tetradic

#521C97 #971C24 #61971C #1C978F

square

#521C97 #971C24 #61971C #1C978F

split-complementary

#521C97 #978F1C #24971C

monochromatic

#1A0930 #361263 #521C97 #6E26CB #8E4FDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.65

#521C97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#521C97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #521C97

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##521C97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##521C97	1.00	10.65	1.97	10.65
#FFFFFF	10.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F3F5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #521c97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 28, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.182 296.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a60b7',
    500: '#521c97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #521c97;
$custom-light: #8a60b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#521c97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.341,
    "s": 68.715,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38755,
    "c": 0.18183,
    "h": 296.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#521C97

secondary

#8EC14E

accent

#EC3C9F

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #521C97

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

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