#512486#512486

#512486 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.154 H 300.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512486
RGB	rgb(81, 36, 134)
HSL	hsl(268, 58%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(268, 73%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.6%, 73.1%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.96, 41.21, -46.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.96, 62.37, 311.36°)
OKLab	oklab(38% 0.0772 -0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(38% 0.154 300)
XYZ	xyz(8.3262, 4.7322, 23.0244)
Luminance	0.0473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512486 #598624

analogous

#242886 #512486 #822486

triadic

#512486 #865124 #248651

tetradic

#512486 #862428 #598624 #248682

square

#512486 #862428 #598624 #248682

split-complementary

#512486 #868224 #288624

monochromatic

#170A26 #341756 #512486 #6E31B6 #8D53D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.79

#512486 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#512486 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512486

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512486	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512486	1.00	10.79	1.95	10.79
#FFFFFF	10.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453C52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512486;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 36, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.154 300.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8763aa',
    500: '#512486',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512486;
$custom-light: #8763aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512486",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.551,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38002,
    "c": 0.15424,
    "h": 300
  },
  "luminance": 0.04732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512486

secondary

#87B551

accent

#E1479A

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #512486

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

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