#512399#512399

#512399 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.177 H 294.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512399
RGB	rgb(81, 35, 153)
HSL	hsl(263, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(263, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 77.1%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.44, 46.77, -56.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.44, 73.08, 309.79°)
OKLab	oklab(39.56% 0.0736 -0.161)
OKLCH	oklch(39.56% 0.177 294.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.7426, 5.2510, 30.6310)
Luminance	0.0525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512399 #6B9923

analogous

#233099 #512399 #8C2399

triadic

#512399 #995123 #239951

tetradic

#512399 #992330 #6B9923 #23998C

square

#512399 #992330 #6B9923 #23998C

split-complementary

#512399 #998C23 #309923

monochromatic

#1C0C35 #371867 #512399 #6B2ECB #8D5DDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.24

#512399 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#512399 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512399

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512399	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512399	1.00	10.24	2.05	10.24
#FFFFFF	10.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00429C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C435D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512399;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 35, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.177 294.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8963b8',
    500: '#512399',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512399;
$custom-light: #8963b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512399",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.39,
    "s": 62.766,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39558,
    "c": 0.17701,
    "h": 294.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512399

secondary

#97BE59

accent

#E642A6

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #512399

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

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