#512178#512178

#512178 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.142 H 305.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512178
RGB	rgb(81, 33, 120)
HSL	hsl(273, 57%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(273, 73%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 72.5%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.30, 39.09, -40.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.30, 56.40, 313.87°)
OKLab	oklab(36.47% 0.0829 -0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(36.47% 0.142 305.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.3266, 4.1932, 18.1890)
Luminance	0.0419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512178 #487821

analogous

#252178 #512178 #782174

triadic

#512178 #785121 #217851

tetradic

#512178 #782521 #487821 #217478

square

#512178 #782521 #487821 #217478

split-complementary

#512178 #747821 #217825

monochromatic

#100718 #311448 #512178 #712EA8 #9147CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.42

#512178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#512178 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512178

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512178	1.00	11.42	1.84	11.42
#FFFFFF	11.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00387B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#023A76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A354A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 33, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.142 305.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8661a0',
    500: '#512178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512178;
$custom-light: #8661a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.103,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3647,
    "c": 0.14213,
    "h": 305.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512178

secondary

#75AB4A

accent

#E0488C

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0EAF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #512178

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

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