#512496#512496

#512496 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.173 H 295.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512496
RGB	rgb(81, 36, 150)
HSL	hsl(264, 61%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(264, 76%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(46%, 76%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.33, 45.49, -54.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.33, 70.98, 309.86°)
OKLab	oklab(39.4% 0.0735 -0.1561)
OKLCH	oklch(39.4% 0.173 295.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.5278, 5.2128, 29.3524)
Luminance	0.0521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512496 #699624

analogous

#243096 #512496 #8A2496

triadic

#512496 #965124 #249651

tetradic

#512496 #962430 #699624 #24968A

square

#512496 #962430 #699624 #24968A

split-complementary

#512496 #968A24 #309624

monochromatic

#1C0C33 #361865 #512496 #6C30C7 #8D5CD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.28

#512496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#512496 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512496

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512496	1.00	10.28	2.04	10.28
#FFFFFF	10.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004199

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E425B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 36, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.173 295.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8964b6',
    500: '#512496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512496;
$custom-light: #8964b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.684,
    "s": 61.29,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39401,
    "c": 0.17255,
    "h": 295.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512496

secondary

#95BD59

accent

#E443A5

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #512496

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

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