#521D82#521D82

#521D82 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.158 H 303.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#521D82
RGB	rgb(82, 29, 130)
HSL	hsl(271, 64%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(271, 78%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.9%, 77.7%, 0%, 49%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.59, 43.68, -46.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.59, 63.82, 313.20°)
OKLab	oklab(36.96% 0.0866 -0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(36.96% 0.158 303.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.9474, 4.2843, 21.5230)
Luminance	0.0428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.89

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#521D82 #4D821D

analogous

#1F1D82 #521D82 #821D7F

triadic

#521D82 #82521D #1D8252

tetradic

#521D82 #821F1D #4D821D #1D7F82

square

#521D82 #821F1D #4D821D #1D7F82

split-complementary

#521D82 #7F821D #1D821F

monochromatic

#13071E #321250 #521D82 #7228B4 #9044D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.31

#521D82 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#521D82 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #521D82

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##521D82	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##521D82	1.00	11.31	1.86	11.31
#FFFFFF	11.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003985

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48374E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #521d82;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 29, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.158 303.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885fa7',
    500: '#521d82',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #521d82;
$custom-light: #885fa7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#521d82",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.485,
    "s": 63.522,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3696,
    "c": 0.15837,
    "h": 303.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#521D82

secondary

#7BB546

accent

#E74190

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #521D82

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

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