#521E95#521E95

#521E95 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.178 H 296.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#521E95
RGB	rgb(82, 30, 149)
HSL	hsl(266, 66%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(266, 80%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(45%, 79.9%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.43, 48.09, -55.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.43, 73.32, 310.98°)
OKLab	oklab(38.77% 0.0804 -0.1586)
OKLCH	oklch(38.77% 0.178 296.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.3673, 4.8921, 28.8787)
Luminance	0.0489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.40

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#521E95 #61951E

analogous

#1E2695 #521E95 #8D1E95

triadic

#521E95 #95521E #1E9552

tetradic

#521E95 #951E26 #61951E #1E958D

square

#521E95 #951E26 #61951E #1E958D

split-complementary

#521E95 #958D1E #26951E

monochromatic

#1A092F #361462 #521E95 #6E28C8 #8E51DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.61

#521E95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#521E95 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #521E95

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##521E95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##521E95	1.00	10.61	1.98	10.61
#FFFFFF	10.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403F59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #521e95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 30, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.178 296.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a61b5',
    500: '#521e95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #521e95;
$custom-light: #8a61b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#521e95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.218,
    "s": 66.48,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38765,
    "c": 0.17779,
    "h": 296.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#521E95

secondary

#8EBF50

accent

#E93E9F

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #521E95

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

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