#512274#512274

#512274 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.136 H 307.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512274
RGB	rgb(81, 34, 116)
HSL	hsl(274, 55%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(274, 71%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.2%, 70.7%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.18, 37.58, -38.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.18, 53.66, 314.44°)
OKLab	oklab(36.28% 0.0823 -0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(36.28% 0.136 307.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.1171, 4.1544, 16.9466)
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

#512274 #457422

analogous

#282274 #512274 #74226E

triadic

#512274 #745122 #227451

tetradic

#512274 #742822 #457422 #226E74

square

#512274 #742822 #457422 #226E74

split-complementary

#512274 #6E7422 #227428

monochromatic

#110718 #301445 #512274 #7230A3 #9247C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.47

#512274 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#512274 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512274

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512274	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512274	1.00	11.47	1.83	11.47
#FFFFFF	11.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003876

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D3A72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B3448

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512274;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 34, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.136 307.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85619d',
    500: '#512274',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512274;
$custom-light: #85619d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512274",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.39,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36284,
    "c": 0.13621,
    "h": 307.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512274

secondary

#72A74B

accent

#DE4A89

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0EAF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #512274

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

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