#512187#512187

#512187 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.159 H 300.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512187
RGB	rgb(81, 33, 135)
HSL	hsl(268, 61%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(268, 76%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 75.6%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.52, 42.94, -48.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.52, 64.51, 311.73°)
OKLab	oklab(37.72% 0.08 -0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(37.72% 0.159 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.3093, 4.5862, 23.3644)
Luminance	0.0459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512187 #578721

analogous

#212487 #512187 #842187

triadic

#512187 #875121 #218751

tetradic

#512187 #872124 #578721 #218784

square

#512187 #872124 #578721 #218784

split-complementary

#512187 #878421 #248721

monochromatic

#160925 #331556 #512187 #6F2DB8 #8D4FD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.95

#512187 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#512187 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512187

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512187	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512187	1.00	10.95	1.92	10.95
#FFFFFF	10.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453B52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512187;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 33, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.159 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8761ab',
    500: '#512187',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512187;
$custom-light: #8761ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512187",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.235,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3772,
    "c": 0.15905,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512187

secondary

#85B74D

accent

#E44499

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #512187

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

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