#521D87#521D87

#521D87 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.164 H 301.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#521D87
RGB	rgb(82, 29, 135)
HSL	hsl(270, 65%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(270, 79%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.3%, 78.5%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.02, 44.94, -48.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.02, 66.46, 312.55°)
OKLab	oklab(37.4% 0.0853 -0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(37.4% 0.164 301.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.2911, 4.4218, 23.3337)
Luminance	0.0442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.84

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#521D87 #52871D

analogous

#1D1D87 #521D87 #871D87

triadic

#521D87 #87521D #1D8752

tetradic

#521D87 #871D1D #52871D #1D8787

square

#521D87 #871D1D #52871D #1D8787

split-complementary

#521D87 #87871D #1D871D

monochromatic

#150722 #331255 #521D87 #7128B9 #8F47D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.14

#521D87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#521D87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #521D87

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##521D87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##521D87	1.00	11.14	1.88	11.14
#FFFFFF	11.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#463951

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #521d87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 29, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.164 301.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885fab',
    500: '#521d87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #521d87;
$custom-light: #885fab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#521d87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 64.634,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37396,
    "c": 0.16375,
    "h": 301.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#521D87

secondary

#80B946

accent

#E84094

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #521D87

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

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