#512290#512290

#512290 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.168 H 297.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512290
RGB	rgb(81, 34, 144)
HSL	hsl(266, 62%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(266, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.8%, 76.4%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.47, 44.83, -52.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.47, 68.81, 310.66°)
OKLab	oklab(38.63% 0.0769 -0.1494)
OKLCH	oklch(38.63% 0.168 297.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.9981, 4.9068, 26.8532)
Luminance	0.0491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512290 #619022

analogous

#222A90 #512290 #882290

triadic

#512290 #905122 #229051

tetradic

#512290 #90222A #619022 #229088

square

#512290 #90222A #619022 #229088

split-complementary

#512290 #908822 #2A9022

monochromatic

#190B2D #35165E #512290 #6D2EC2 #8D55D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.60

#512290 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#512290 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512290

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512290	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512290	1.00	10.60	1.98	10.60
#FFFFFF	10.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413F57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512290;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 34, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.168 297.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8862b1',
    500: '#512290',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512290;
$custom-light: #8862b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512290",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.636,
    "s": 61.798,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38628,
    "c": 0.16799,
    "h": 297.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512290

secondary

#8EBB53

accent

#E543A0

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #512290

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

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