#512090#512090

#512090 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.170 H 297.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512090
RGB	rgb(81, 32, 144)
HSL	hsl(266, 64%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(266, 78%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.8%, 77.8%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.14, 45.75, -52.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.14, 69.81, 310.95°)
OKLab	oklab(38.4% 0.0787 -0.1509)
OKLCH	oklch(38.4% 0.17 297.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.9426, 4.7958, 26.8347)
Luminance	0.0480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512090 #5F9020

analogous

#202790 #512090 #892090

triadic

#512090 #905120 #209051

tetradic

#512090 #902027 #5F9020 #209089

square

#512090 #902027 #5F9020 #209089

split-complementary

#512090 #908920 #279020

monochromatic

#190A2C #35155E #512090 #6D2BC2 #8D52D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.72

#512090 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#512090 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512090

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512090	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512090	1.00	10.72	1.96	10.72
#FFFFFF	10.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413E57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512090;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 32, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.170 297.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8861b1',
    500: '#512090',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512090;
$custom-light: #8861b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512090",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.25,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38401,
    "c": 0.17018,
    "h": 297.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512090

secondary

#8DBC50

accent

#E7419E

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #512090

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

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