#521D9F#521D9F

#521D9F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.189 H 294.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#521D9F
RGB	rgb(82, 29, 159)
HSL	hsl(264, 69%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(264, 82%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.4%, 81.8%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.23, 51.08, -60.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.23, 78.92, 310.34°)
OKLab	oklab(39.61% 0.078 -0.1726)
OKLCH	oklch(39.61% 0.189 294.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.1753, 5.1755, 33.2570)
Luminance	0.0518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#521D9F #6A9F1D

analogous

#1D299F #521D9F #931D9F

triadic

#521D9F #9F521D #1D9F52

tetradic

#521D9F #9F1D29 #6A9F1D #1D9F93

square

#521D9F #9F1D29 #6A9F1D #1D9F93

split-complementary

#521D9F #9F931D #299F1D

monochromatic

#1D0A37 #37146B #521D9F #6D26D3 #8E56E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.32

#521D9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#521D9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #521D9F

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##521D9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##521D9F	1.00	10.32	2.04	10.32
#FFFFFF	10.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0042A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A435F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #521d9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 29, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.189 294.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b61bc',
    500: '#521d9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #521d9f;
$custom-light: #8b61bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#521d9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.462,
    "s": 69.149,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39612,
    "c": 0.18943,
    "h": 294.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#521D9F

secondary

#96C454

accent

#EC3CA4

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0512

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #521D9F

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

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