#512490#512490

#512490 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.166 H 296.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512490
RGB	rgb(81, 36, 144)
HSL	hsl(265, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(265, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.8%, 75%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.80, 43.87, -51.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.80, 67.77, 310.35°)
OKLab	oklab(38.87% 0.075 -0.1478)
OKLCH	oklch(38.87% 0.166 296.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.0569, 5.0245, 26.8728)
Luminance	0.0503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.49

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512490 #639024

analogous

#242D90 #512490 #872490

triadic

#512490 #905124 #249051

tetradic

#512490 #90242D #639024 #249087

square

#512490 #90242D #639024 #249087

split-complementary

#512490 #908724 #2D9024

monochromatic

#1A0C2E #35185F #512490 #6D30C1 #8D59D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.47

#512490 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#512490 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512490

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512490	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512490	1.00	10.47	2.01	10.47
#FFFFFF	10.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004093

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#414058

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512490;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 36, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.166 296.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8863b1',
    500: '#512490',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512490;
$custom-light: #8863b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512490",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38865,
    "c": 0.16572,
    "h": 296.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512490

secondary

#90BA56

accent

#E345A1

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #512490

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

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