#521E89#521E89

#521E89 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.165 H 300.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#521E89
RGB	rgb(82, 30, 137)
HSL	hsl(269, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(269, 78%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.1%, 78.1%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.35, 45.01, -49.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.35, 67.03, 312.18°)
OKLab	oklab(37.68% 0.0839 -0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(37.68% 0.165 300.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.4582, 4.5285, 24.0905)
Luminance	0.0453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#521E89 #55891E

analogous

#1E1F89 #521E89 #871E89

triadic

#521E89 #89521E #1E8952

tetradic

#521E89 #891E1F #55891E #1E8987

square

#521E89 #891E1F #55891E #1E8987

split-complementary

#521E89 #89871E #1F891E

monochromatic

#160825 #341357 #521E89 #7029BB #8F4AD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.02

#521E89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#521E89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #521E89

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##521E89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##521E89	1.00	11.02	1.91	11.02
#FFFFFF	11.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453A52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #521e89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 30, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.165 300.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8860ac',
    500: '#521e89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #521e89;
$custom-light: #8860ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#521e89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.159,
    "s": 64.072,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37679,
    "c": 0.16483,
    "h": 300.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#521E89

secondary

#83BA49

accent

#E74196

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #521E89

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

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