#521CB4#521CB4

#521CB4 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.212 H 289.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#521CB4
RGB	rgb(82, 28, 180)
HSL	hsl(261, 73%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(261, 84%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 84.4%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.21, 56.88, -69.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.21, 89.85, 309.28°)
OKLab	oklab(41.61% 0.071 -0.2001)
OKLCH	oklch(41.61% 0.212 289.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.1307, 5.9191, 43.6745)
Luminance	0.0592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#521CB4 #7EB41C

analogous

#1C32B4 #521CB4 #9E1CB4

triadic

#521CB4 #B4521C #1CB452

tetradic

#521CB4 #B41C32 #7EB41C #1CB49E

square

#521CB4 #B41C32 #7EB41C #1CB49E

split-complementary

#521CB4 #B49E1C #32B41C

monochromatic

#220C4A #3A147F #521CB4 #6D2FDF #9264E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.62

#521CB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#521CB4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #521CB4

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##521CB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##521CB4	1.00	9.62	2.18	9.62
#FFFFFF	9.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A4C6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #521cb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 28, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.212 289.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e62cc',
    500: '#521cb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #521cb4;
$custom-light: #8e62cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#521cb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.316,
    "s": 73.077,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41606,
    "c": 0.21232,
    "h": 289.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#521CB4

secondary

#A5CC60

accent

#F038AE

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF9

border

#CCC6D2

text

#0E0614

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #521CB4

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

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