#521F8A#521F8A

#521F8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.165 H 300.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#521F8A
RGB	rgb(82, 31, 138)
HSL	hsl(269, 63%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(269, 78%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.6%, 77.5%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.59, 44.82, -49.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.59, 67.08, 311.93°)
OKLab	oklab(37.88% 0.0827 -0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(37.88% 0.165 300.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.5560, 4.6087, 24.4786)
Luminance	0.0461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#521F8A #578A1F

analogous

#1F218A #521F8A #871F8A

triadic

#521F8A #8A521F #1F8A52

tetradic

#521F8A #8A1F21 #578A1F #1F8A87

square

#521F8A #8A1F21 #578A1F #1F8A87

split-complementary

#521F8A #8A871F #218A1F

monochromatic

#170926 #341458 #521F8A #702ABC #8E4CD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.93

#521F8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#521F8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #521F8A

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##521F8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##521F8A	1.00	10.93	1.92	10.93
#FFFFFF	10.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453B53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #521f8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 31, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.165 300.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8860ad',
    500: '#521f8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #521f8a;
$custom-light: #8860ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#521f8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.598,
    "s": 63.314,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37877,
    "c": 0.16482,
    "h": 300.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#521F8A

secondary

#85BA4B

accent

#E64198

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #521F8A

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

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