#521E8A#521E8A

#521E8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.166 H 300.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#521E8A
RGB	rgb(82, 30, 138)
HSL	hsl(269, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(269, 78%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.6%, 78.3%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.43, 45.26, -50.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.43, 67.56, 312.06°)
OKLab	oklab(37.77% 0.0836 -0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(37.77% 0.166 300.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.5302, 4.5573, 24.4701)
Luminance	0.0456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#521E8A #568A1E

analogous

#1E208A #521E8A #881E8A

triadic

#521E8A #8A521E #1E8A52

tetradic

#521E8A #8A1E20 #568A1E #1E8A88

square

#521E8A #8A1E20 #568A1E #1E8A88

split-complementary

#521E8A #8A881E #208A1E

monochromatic

#160825 #341358 #521E8A #7029BC #8F4BD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.99

#521E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#521E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #521E8A

10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##521E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##521E8A	1.00	10.99	1.91	10.99
#FFFFFF	10.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453A53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #521e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 30, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.166 300.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8860ad',
    500: '#521e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #521e8a;
$custom-light: #8860ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#521e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.889,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37768,
    "c": 0.16591,
    "h": 300.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#521E8A

secondary

#84BA4A

accent

#E74197

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #521E8A

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

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