#512391#512391

#512391 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.168 H 296.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512391
RGB	rgb(81, 35, 145)
HSL	hsl(265, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(265, 76%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.1%, 75.9%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.72, 44.62, -52.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.72, 68.83, 310.42°)
OKLab	oklab(38.83% 0.0757 -0.15)
OKLCH	oklch(38.83% 0.168 296.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.1039, 4.9955, 27.2672)
Luminance	0.0500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512391 #639123

analogous

#232C91 #512391 #882391

triadic

#512391 #915123 #239151

tetradic

#512391 #91232C #639123 #239188

square

#512391 #91232C #639123 #239188

split-complementary

#512391 #918823 #2C9123

monochromatic

#1A0B2E #351760 #512391 #6D2FC2 #8D58D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.50

#512391 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#512391 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512391

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512391	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512391	1.00	10.50	2.00	10.50
#FFFFFF	10.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004094

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#404058

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512391;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 35, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.168 296.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8863b2',
    500: '#512391',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512391;
$custom-light: #8863b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512391",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.091,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38834,
    "c": 0.16801,
    "h": 296.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512391

secondary

#90BB55

accent

#E444A1

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #512391

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

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