#512478#512478

#512478 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.138 H 305.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512478
RGB	rgb(81, 36, 120)
HSL	hsl(272, 54%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(272, 70%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 70%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.85, 37.55, -39.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.85, 54.70, 313.35°)
OKLab	oklab(36.86% 0.0794 -0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(36.86% 0.138 305.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.4136, 4.3672, 18.2180)
Luminance	0.0437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512478 #4B7824

analogous

#272478 #512478 #782475

triadic

#512478 #785124 #247851

tetradic

#512478 #782724 #4B7824 #247578

square

#512478 #782724 #4B7824 #247578

split-complementary

#512478 #757824 #247827

monochromatic

#11081A #311649 #512478 #7132A7 #904DCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.21

#512478 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#512478 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512478

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512478	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512478	1.00	11.21	1.87	11.21
#FFFFFF	11.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#093B76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A374B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512478;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 36, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.138 305.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8562a0',
    500: '#512478',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512478;
$custom-light: #8562a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512478",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.143,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36863,
    "c": 0.138,
    "h": 305.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512478

secondary

#79AB4D

accent

#DD4B8F

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #512478

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

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