#512488#512488

#512488 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.157 H 299.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512488
RGB	rgb(81, 36, 136)
HSL	hsl(267, 58%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(267, 74%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.4%, 73.5%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.12, 41.74, -47.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.12, 63.45, 311.13°)
OKLab	oklab(38.17% 0.0768 -0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(38.17% 0.157 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.4670, 4.7886, 23.7660)
Luminance	0.0479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512488 #5B8824

analogous

#242988 #512488 #832488

triadic

#512488 #885124 #248851

tetradic

#512488 #882429 #5B8824 #248883

square

#512488 #882429 #5B8824 #248883

split-complementary

#512488 #888324 #298824

monochromatic

#170A27 #341758 #512488 #6E31B8 #8D55D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.73

#512488 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#512488 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512488

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512488	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512488	1.00	10.73	1.96	10.73
#FFFFFF	10.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443D53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512488;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 36, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.157 299.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8763ab',
    500: '#512488',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512488;
$custom-light: #8763ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512488",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267,
    "s": 58.14,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38172,
    "c": 0.15655,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512488

secondary

#89B652

accent

#E1469C

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #512488

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

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