#521E9B#521E9B

#521E9B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.184 H 295.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#521E9B
RGB	rgb(82, 30, 155)
HSL	hsl(265, 68%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(265, 81%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 80.6%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.99, 49.64, -58.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.99, 76.43, 310.50°)
OKLab	oklab(39.33% 0.0786 -0.1667)
OKLCH	oklch(39.33% 0.184 295.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.8587, 5.0887, 31.4668)
Luminance	0.0509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#521E9B #679B1E

analogous

#1E299B #521E9B #911E9B

triadic

#521E9B #9B521E #1E9B52

tetradic

#521E9B #9B1E29 #679B1E #1E9B91

square

#521E9B #9B1E29 #679B1E #1E9B91

split-complementary

#521E9B #9B911E #299B1E

monochromatic

#1C0A34 #371468 #521E9B #6D28CE #8E55DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.41

#521E9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#521E9B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #521E9B

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##521E9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##521E9B	1.00	10.41	2.02	10.41
#FFFFFF	10.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00419E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D425D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #521e9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 30, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.184 295.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a61ba',
    500: '#521e9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #521e9b;
$custom-light: #8a61ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#521e9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.96,
    "s": 67.568,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39327,
    "c": 0.18424,
    "h": 295.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#521E9B

secondary

#94C253

accent

#EA3DA2

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0512

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #521E9B

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

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