#521D89#521D89

#521D89 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.166 H 300.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#521D89
RGB	rgb(82, 29, 137)
HSL	hsl(269, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(269, 79%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.1%, 78.8%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.19, 45.45, -49.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.19, 67.51, 312.31°)
OKLab	oklab(37.57% 0.0848 -0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(37.57% 0.166 300.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.4333, 4.4786, 24.0822)
Luminance	0.0448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#521D89 #54891D

analogous

#1D1E89 #521D89 #881D89

triadic

#521D89 #89521D #1D8952

tetradic

#521D89 #891D1E #54891D #1D8988

square

#521D89 #891D1E #54891D #1D8988

split-complementary

#521D89 #89881D #1E891D

monochromatic

#160824 #341256 #521D89 #7028BC #8F48D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.08

#521D89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#521D89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #521D89

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##521D89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##521D89	1.00	11.08	1.90	11.08
#FFFFFF	11.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453A52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #521d89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 29, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.166 300.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885fac',
    500: '#521d89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #521d89;
$custom-light: #885fac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#521d89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.444,
    "s": 65.06,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37573,
    "c": 0.1659,
    "h": 300.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#521D89

secondary

#82BA47

accent

#E84095

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #521D89

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

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