#521E9D#521E9D

#521E9D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.186 H 294.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#521E9D
RGB	rgb(82, 30, 157)
HSL	hsl(265, 68%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(265, 81%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.8%, 80.9%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.18, 50.16, -59.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.18, 77.46, 310.36°)
OKLab	oklab(39.52% 0.0779 -0.1693)
OKLCH	oklch(39.52% 0.186 294.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.0281, 5.1564, 32.3587)
Luminance	0.0516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#521E9D #699D1E

analogous

#1E2A9D #521E9D #921E9D

triadic

#521E9D #9D521E #1E9D52

tetradic

#521E9D #9D1E2A #699D1E #1E9D92

square

#521E9D #9D1E2A #699D1E #1E9D92

split-complementary

#521E9D #9D921E #2A9D1E

monochromatic

#1C0A36 #37146A #521E9D #6D28D0 #8E57DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.34

#521E9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#521E9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #521E9D

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##521E9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##521E9D	1.00	10.34	2.03	10.34
#FFFFFF	10.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0041A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C425E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #521e9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 30, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.186 294.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b61bb',
    500: '#521e9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #521e9d;
$custom-light: #8b61bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#521e9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.567,
    "s": 67.914,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39516,
    "c": 0.18639,
    "h": 294.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#521E9D

secondary

#95C254

accent

#EB3DA4

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0512

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #521E9D

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

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