#521CA9#521CA9

#521CA9 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.201 H 292.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#521CA9
RGB	rgb(82, 28, 169)
HSL	hsl(263, 72%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(263, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 83.4%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.08, 54.05, -64.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.08, 84.39, 309.82°)
OKLab	oklab(40.5% 0.0751 -0.1862)
OKLCH	oklch(40.5% 0.201 292)
XYZ	xyz(11.0543, 5.4885, 38.0054)
Luminance	0.0549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#521CA9 #73A91C

analogous

#1C2CA9 #521CA9 #981CA9

triadic

#521CA9 #A9521C #1CA952

tetradic

#521CA9 #A91C2C #73A91C #1CA998

square

#521CA9 #A91C2C #73A91C #1CA998

split-complementary

#521CA9 #A9981C #2CA91C

monochromatic

#1F0B40 #391374 #521CA9 #6C27DB #905BE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.01

#521CA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#521CA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #521CA9

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##521CA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##521CA9	1.00	10.01	2.10	10.01
#FFFFFF	10.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003FA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#344765

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #521ca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 28, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.201 292.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d61c4',
    500: '#521ca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #521ca9;
$custom-light: #8d61c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#521ca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.979,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40499,
    "c": 0.2008,
    "h": 292
  },
  "luminance": 0.05489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#521CA9

secondary

#9DC859

accent

#EE39A9

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0513

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #521CA9

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

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