#521D9E#521D9E

#521D9E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.188 H 294.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#521D9E
RGB	rgb(82, 29, 158)
HSL	hsl(265, 69%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(265, 82%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.1%, 81.6%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.13, 50.82, -59.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.13, 78.41, 310.41°)
OKLab	oklab(39.52% 0.0783 -0.1713)
OKLCH	oklch(39.52% 0.188 294.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.0889, 5.1409, 32.8018)
Luminance	0.0514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#521D9E #699E1D

analogous

#1D299E #521D9E #931D9E

triadic

#521D9E #9E521D #1D9E52

tetradic

#521D9E #9E1D29 #699E1D #1D9E93

square

#521D9E #9E1D29 #699E1D #1D9E93

split-complementary

#521D9E #9E931D #299E1D

monochromatic

#1C0A37 #37146A #521D9E #6D26D2 #8E56E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.35

#521D9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#521D9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #521D9E

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##521D9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##521D9E	1.00	10.35	2.03	10.35
#FFFFFF	10.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0041A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B425E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #521d9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 29, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.188 294.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b61bc',
    500: '#521d9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #521d9e;
$custom-light: #8b61bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#521d9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.651,
    "s": 68.984,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39515,
    "c": 0.18835,
    "h": 294.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#521D9E

secondary

#95C354

accent

#EC3CA4

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F1EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0512

muted

#7E7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #521D9E

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

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