#512485#512485

#512485 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.153 H 300.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512485
RGB	rgb(81, 36, 133)
HSL	hsl(268, 57%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(268, 73%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.1%, 72.9%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.88, 40.94, -46.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.88, 61.82, 311.47°)
OKLab	oklab(37.92% 0.0773 -0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(37.92% 0.153 300.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.2568, 4.7045, 22.6588)
Luminance	0.0471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512485 #588524

analogous

#242885 #512485 #812485

triadic

#512485 #855124 #248551

tetradic

#512485 #852428 #588524 #248581

square

#512485 #852428 #588524 #248581

split-complementary

#512485 #858124 #288524

monochromatic

#160A25 #341755 #512485 #6E31B5 #8D53D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.82

#512485 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#512485 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512485

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512485	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512485	1.00	10.82	1.94	10.82
#FFFFFF	10.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453C52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512485;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 36, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.153 300.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8763a9',
    500: '#512485',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512485;
$custom-light: #8763a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512485",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.835,
    "s": 57.396,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37918,
    "c": 0.15308,
    "h": 300.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512485

secondary

#86B450

accent

#E14799

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #512485

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

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