#512398#512398

#512398 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.176 H 294.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512398
RGB	rgb(81, 35, 152)
HSL	hsl(264, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(264, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.7%, 77%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.35, 46.50, -55.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.35, 72.55, 309.86°)
OKLab	oklab(39.47% 0.0739 -0.1596)
OKLCH	oklch(39.47% 0.176 294.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.6603, 5.2181, 30.1979)
Luminance	0.0522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512398 #6A9823

analogous

#232F98 #512398 #8C2398

triadic

#512398 #985123 #239851

tetradic

#512398 #98232F #6A9823 #23988C

square

#512398 #98232F #6A9823 #23988C

split-complementary

#512398 #988C23 #2F9823

monochromatic

#1C0C35 #361866 #512398 #6C2ECA #8D5CD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.28

#512398 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#512398 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512398

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512398	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512398	1.00	10.28	2.04	10.28
#FFFFFF	10.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00429B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C435C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512398;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 35, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.176 294.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8963b7',
    500: '#512398',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512398;
$custom-light: #8963b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512398",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.59,
    "s": 62.567,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39466,
    "c": 0.17589,
    "h": 294.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512398

secondary

#96BE59

accent

#E642A5

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #512398

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

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