#512288#512288

#512288 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.159 H 299.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512288
RGB	rgb(81, 34, 136)
HSL	hsl(268, 60%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(268, 75%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.4%, 75%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.78, 42.72, -48.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.78, 64.53, 311.46°)
OKLab	oklab(37.92% 0.0788 -0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(37.92% 0.159 299.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.4082, 4.6709, 23.7464)
Luminance	0.0467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512288 #598822

analogous

#222688 #512288 #842288

triadic

#512288 #885122 #228851

tetradic

#512288 #882226 #598822 #228884

square

#512288 #882226 #598822 #228884

split-complementary

#512288 #888422 #268822

monochromatic

#170A26 #341657 #512288 #6E2EB9 #8D51D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.86

#512288 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#512288 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512288

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512288	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512288	1.00	10.86	1.93	10.86
#FFFFFF	10.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443C53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512288;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 34, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.159 299.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8762ab',
    500: '#512288',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512288;
$custom-light: #8762ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512288",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.647,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37925,
    "c": 0.15898,
    "h": 299.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512288

secondary

#87B74F

accent

#E3459A

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #512288

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

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