#521E85#521E85

#521E85 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.160 H 301.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#521E85
RGB	rgb(82, 30, 133)
HSL	hsl(270, 63%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(270, 77%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.3%, 77.4%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.00, 43.99, -47.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.00, 64.92, 312.66°)
OKLab	oklab(37.33% 0.0849 -0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(37.33% 0.16 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.1766, 4.4158, 22.6073)
Luminance	0.0442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.00

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#521E85 #51851E

analogous

#1E1E85 #521E85 #851E85

triadic

#521E85 #85521E #1E8552

tetradic

#521E85 #851E1E #51851E #1E8585

square

#521E85 #851E1E #51851E #1E8585

split-complementary

#521E85 #85851E #1E851E

monochromatic

#140721 #331353 #521E85 #7129B7 #8F48D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.15

#521E85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#521E85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #521E85

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##521E85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##521E85	1.00	11.15	1.88	11.15
#FFFFFF	11.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#473850

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #521e85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 30, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.160 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8860a9',
    500: '#521e85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #521e85;
$custom-light: #8860a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#521e85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.291,
    "s": 63.19,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37329,
    "c": 0.16048,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#521E85

secondary

#7FB847

accent

#E64293

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #521E85

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

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