#512489#512489

#512489 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.158 H 299.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512489
RGB	rgb(81, 36, 137)
HSL	hsl(267, 58%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(267, 74%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 73.7%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.21, 42.00, -48.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.21, 63.99, 311.02°)
OKLab	oklab(38.26% 0.0766 -0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(38.26% 0.158 299)
XYZ	xyz(8.5384, 4.8171, 24.1420)
Luminance	0.0482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512489 #5C8924

analogous

#242989 #512489 #842489

triadic

#512489 #895124 #248951

tetradic

#512489 #892429 #5C8924 #248984

square

#512489 #892429 #5C8924 #248984

split-complementary

#512489 #898424 #298924

monochromatic

#180B28 #341759 #512489 #6E31B9 #8D55D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.70

#512489 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#512489 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512489

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512489	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512489	1.00	10.70	1.96	10.70
#FFFFFF	10.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443D54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512489;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 36, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.158 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8763ac',
    500: '#512489',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512489;
$custom-light: #8763ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512489",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.733,
    "s": 58.382,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38257,
    "c": 0.1577,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.04817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512489

secondary

#8AB752

accent

#E2469C

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #512489

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

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