#521E97#521E97

#521E97 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.180 H 296.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#521E97
RGB	rgb(82, 30, 151)
HSL	hsl(266, 67%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(266, 80%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.7%, 80.1%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.61, 48.61, -56.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.61, 74.36, 310.82°)
OKLab	oklab(38.95% 0.0798 -0.1613)
OKLCH	oklch(38.95% 0.18 296.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.5284, 4.9565, 29.7268)
Luminance	0.0496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#521E97 #63971E

analogous

#1E2697 #521E97 #8E1E97

triadic

#521E97 #97521E #1E9752

tetradic

#521E97 #971E26 #63971E #1E978E

square

#521E97 #971E26 #63971E #1E978E

split-complementary

#521E97 #978E1E #26971E

monochromatic

#1B0A31 #361464 #521E97 #6E28CA #8E53DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.55

#521E97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#521E97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #521E97

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##521E97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##521E97	1.00	10.55	1.99	10.55
#FFFFFF	10.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00409A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F405A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #521e97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 30, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.180 296.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a61b7',
    500: '#521e97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #521e97;
$custom-light: #8a61b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#521e97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.785,
    "s": 66.851,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38951,
    "c": 0.17995,
    "h": 296.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#521E97

secondary

#90C051

accent

#EA3EA0

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #521E97

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

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