#521D83#521D83

#521D83 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.159 H 302.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#521D83
RGB	rgb(82, 29, 131)
HSL	hsl(271, 64%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(271, 78%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.4%, 77.9%, 0%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.68, 43.93, -47.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.68, 64.35, 313.06°)
OKLab	oklab(37.05% 0.0863 -0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(37.05% 0.159 302.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.0148, 4.3113, 21.8782)
Luminance	0.0431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.86

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#521D83 #4E831D

analogous

#1F1D83 #521D83 #831D81

triadic

#521D83 #83521D #1D8352

tetradic

#521D83 #831F1D #4E831D #1D8183

square

#521D83 #831F1D #4E831D #1D8183

split-complementary

#521D83 #81831D #1D831F

monochromatic

#13071F #331251 #521D83 #7128B5 #9045D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.28

#521D83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#521D83 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #521D83

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##521D83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##521D83	1.00	11.28	1.86	11.28
#FFFFFF	11.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48374F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #521d83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 29, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.159 302.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885fa8',
    500: '#521d83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #521d83;
$custom-light: #885fa8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#521d83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.176,
    "s": 63.75,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37047,
    "c": 0.15945,
    "h": 302.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#521D83

secondary

#7CB646

accent

#E74191

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #521D83

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

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