#521D9A#521D9A

#521D9A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.184 H 295.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#521D9A
RGB	rgb(82, 29, 154)
HSL	hsl(265, 68%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(265, 81%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.8%, 81.2%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.75, 49.79, -57.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.75, 76.36, 310.70°)
OKLab	oklab(39.13% 0.0796 -0.166)
OKLCH	oklch(39.13% 0.184 295.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.7502, 5.0054, 31.0180)
Luminance	0.0501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#521D9A #659A1D

analogous

#1D269A #521D9A #901D9A

triadic

#521D9A #9A521D #1D9A52

tetradic

#521D9A #9A1D26 #659A1D #1D9A90

square

#521D9A #9A1D26 #659A1D #1D9A90

split-complementary

#521D9A #9A901D #269A1D

monochromatic

#1B0A33 #371366 #521D9A #6D27CE #8E53DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.49

#521D9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#521D9A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #521D9A

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##521D9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##521D9A	1.00	10.49	2.00	10.49
#FFFFFF	10.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00409D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D415C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #521d9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 29, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.184 295.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a60b9',
    500: '#521d9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #521d9a;
$custom-light: #8a60b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#521d9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.44,
    "s": 68.306,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39134,
    "c": 0.1841,
    "h": 295.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#521D9A

secondary

#92C251

accent

#EB3DA1

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F1EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0512

muted

#7E7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #521D9A

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

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