#512176#512176

#512176 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.140 H 306.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512176
RGB	rgb(81, 33, 118)
HSL	hsl(274, 56%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(274, 72%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.4%, 72%, 0%, 53.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.15, 38.58, -39.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.15, 55.32, 314.23°)
OKLab	oklab(36.31% 0.0832 -0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(36.31% 0.14 306.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.2065, 4.1451, 17.5565)
Luminance	0.0415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512176 #467621

analogous

#262176 #512176 #762171

triadic

#512176 #765121 #217651

tetradic

#512176 #762621 #467621 #217176

square

#512176 #762621 #467621 #217176

split-complementary

#512176 #717621 #217626

monochromatic

#100718 #301446 #512176 #722EA6 #9146CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.48

#512176 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#512176 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512176

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512176	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512176	1.00	11.48	1.83	11.48
#FFFFFF	11.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003879

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#073A74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B3449

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512176;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 33, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.140 306.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85609e',
    500: '#512176',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512176;
$custom-light: #85609e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512176",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.882,
    "s": 56.291,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36311,
    "c": 0.13987,
    "h": 306.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512176

secondary

#73A94A

accent

#E0488A

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0EAF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #512176

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

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