#521E96#521E96

#521E96 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.179 H 296.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#521E96
RGB	rgb(82, 30, 150)
HSL	hsl(266, 67%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(266, 80%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.3%, 80%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.52, 48.35, -55.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.52, 73.84, 310.90°)
OKLab	oklab(38.86% 0.0801 -0.1599)
OKLCH	oklch(38.86% 0.179 296.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.4475, 4.9242, 29.3009)
Luminance	0.0492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#521E96 #62961E

analogous

#1E2696 #521E96 #8E1E96

triadic

#521E96 #96521E #1E9652

tetradic

#521E96 #961E26 #62961E #1E968E

square

#521E96 #961E26 #62961E #1E968E

split-complementary

#521E96 #968E1E #26961E

monochromatic

#1A0A30 #361463 #521E96 #6E28C9 #8E52DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.58

#521E96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#521E96 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #521E96

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##521E96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##521E96	1.00	10.58	1.98	10.58
#FFFFFF	10.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F405A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #521e96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 30, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.179 296.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a61b6',
    500: '#521e96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #521e96;
$custom-light: #8a61b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#521e96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38858,
    "c": 0.17887,
    "h": 296.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#521E96

secondary

#8FBF50

accent

#EA3E9F

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #521E96

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

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