#512280#512280

#512280 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.150 H 302.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512280
RGB	rgb(81, 34, 128)
HSL	hsl(270, 58%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(270, 73%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.7%, 73.4%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.11, 40.63, -44.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.11, 60.20, 312.45°)
OKLab	oklab(37.25% 0.0804 -0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(37.25% 0.15 302.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.8607, 4.4519, 20.8631)
Luminance	0.0445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.85

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512280 #518022

analogous

#222280 #512280 #802280

triadic

#512280 #805122 #228051

tetradic

#512280 #802222 #518022 #228080

square

#512280 #802222 #518022 #228080

split-complementary

#512280 #808022 #228022

monochromatic

#14081F #321550 #512280 #702FB0 #8E4DD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.11

#512280 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#512280 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512280

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512280	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512280	1.00	11.11	1.89	11.11
#FFFFFF	11.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47394E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512280;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 34, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.150 302.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8661a6',
    500: '#512280',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512280;
$custom-light: #8661a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512280",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 58.025,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37248,
    "c": 0.1499,
    "h": 302.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512280

secondary

#7FB24B

accent

#E14794

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #512280

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

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