#512185#512185

#512185 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.157 H 300.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512185
RGB	rgb(81, 33, 133)
HSL	hsl(269, 60%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(269, 75%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.1%, 75.2%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.35, 42.42, -47.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.35, 63.44, 311.96°)
OKLab	oklab(37.55% 0.0804 -0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(37.55% 0.157 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.1698, 4.5304, 22.6298)
Luminance	0.0453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512185 #558521

analogous

#212385 #512185 #832185

triadic

#512185 #855121 #218551

tetradic

#512185 #852123 #558521 #218583

square

#512185 #852123 #558521 #218583

split-complementary

#512185 #858321 #238521

monochromatic

#150923 #331554 #512185 #6F2DB6 #8E4DD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.02

#512185 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#512185 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512185

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512185	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512185	1.00	11.02	1.91	11.02
#FFFFFF	11.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453A51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512185;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 33, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.157 300.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8761a9',
    500: '#512185',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512185;
$custom-light: #8761a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512185",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.8,
    "s": 60.241,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37547,
    "c": 0.1568,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512185

secondary

#83B64C

accent

#E34497

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #512185

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

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