#512487#512487

#512487 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.155 H 299.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512487
RGB	rgb(81, 36, 135)
HSL	hsl(267, 58%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(267, 73%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 73.3%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.04, 41.47, -47.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.04, 62.91, 311.24°)
OKLab	oklab(38.09% 0.077 -0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(38.09% 0.155 299.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.3963, 4.7603, 23.3934)
Luminance	0.0476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512487 #5A8724

analogous

#242887 #512487 #822487

triadic

#512487 #875124 #248751

tetradic

#512487 #872428 #5A8724 #248782

square

#512487 #872428 #5A8724 #248782

split-complementary

#512487 #878224 #288724

monochromatic

#170A26 #341757 #512487 #6E31B7 #8D54D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.76

#512487 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#512487 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512487

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512487	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512487	1.00	10.76	1.95	10.76
#FFFFFF	10.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443C53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512487;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 36, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.155 299.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8763ab',
    500: '#512487',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512487;
$custom-light: #8763ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512487",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.273,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38087,
    "c": 0.15539,
    "h": 299.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512487

secondary

#88B551

accent

#E1479B

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #512487

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

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