#512174#512174

#512174 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.138 H 307.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512174
RGB	rgb(81, 33, 116)
HSL	hsl(275, 56%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(275, 72%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.2%, 71.6%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.99, 38.08, -38.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.99, 54.23, 314.61°)
OKLab	oklab(36.15% 0.0834 -0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(36.15% 0.138 307.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.0889, 4.0981, 16.9372)
Luminance	0.0410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512174 #447421

analogous

#282174 #512174 #74216E

triadic

#512174 #745121 #217451

tetradic

#512174 #742821 #447421 #216E74

square

#512174 #742821 #447421 #216E74

split-complementary

#512174 #6E7421 #217428

monochromatic

#110718 #301344 #512174 #722FA4 #9245CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.54

#512174 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#512174 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512174

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512174	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512174	1.00	11.54	1.82	11.54
#FFFFFF	11.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003776

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0B3972

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B3348

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512174;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 33, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.138 307.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85609d',
    500: '#512174',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512174;
$custom-light: #85609d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512174",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.699,
    "s": 55.705,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36153,
    "c": 0.13761,
    "h": 307.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512174

secondary

#71A749

accent

#DF4988

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0EAF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #512174

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

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