#521D88#521D88

#521D88 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.165 H 301.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#521D88
RGB	rgb(82, 29, 136)
HSL	hsl(270, 65%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(270, 79%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 78.7%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.11, 45.19, -49.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.11, 66.99, 312.43°)
OKLab	oklab(37.48% 0.085 -0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(37.48% 0.165 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.3619, 4.4501, 23.7062)
Luminance	0.0445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.85

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#521D88 #53881D

analogous

#1D1D88 #521D88 #881D88

triadic

#521D88 #88521D #1D8852

tetradic

#521D88 #881D1D #53881D #1D8888

square

#521D88 #881D1D #53881D #1D8888

split-complementary

#521D88 #88881D #1D881D

monochromatic

#150723 #341256 #521D88 #7028BA #8F48D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.11

#521D88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#521D88 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #521D88

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##521D88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##521D88	1.00	11.11	1.89	11.11
#FFFFFF	11.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#463952

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #521d88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 29, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.165 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885fac',
    500: '#521d88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #521d88;
$custom-light: #885fac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#521d88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.72,
    "s": 64.848,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37484,
    "c": 0.16483,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#521D88

secondary

#81BA47

accent

#E84095

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #521D88

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

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