#521D8A#521D8A

#521D8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.167 H 300.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#521D8A
RGB	rgb(82, 29, 138)
HSL	hsl(269, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(269, 79%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.6%, 79%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.28, 45.70, -50.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.28, 68.04, 312.20°)
OKLab	oklab(37.66% 0.0845 -0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(37.66% 0.167 300.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.5053, 4.5075, 24.4618)
Luminance	0.0451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#521D8A #558A1D

analogous

#1D1F8A #521D8A #881D8A

triadic

#521D8A #8A521D #1D8A52

tetradic

#521D8A #8A1D1F #558A1D #1D8A88

square

#521D8A #8A1D1F #558A1D #1D8A88

split-complementary

#521D8A #8A881D #1F8A1D

monochromatic

#160825 #341257 #521D8A #7028BD #8F49D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.04

#521D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#521D8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #521D8A

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##521D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##521D8A	1.00	11.04	1.90	11.04
#FFFFFF	11.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453A53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #521d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 29, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.167 300.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885fad',
    500: '#521d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #521d8a;
$custom-light: #885fad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#521d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.174,
    "s": 65.269,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37662,
    "c": 0.16698,
    "h": 300.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#521D8A

secondary

#83BB48

accent

#E84096

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #521D8A

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

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