#512587#512587

#512587 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.154 H 299.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512587
RGB	rgb(81, 37, 135)
HSL	hsl(267, 57%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(267, 73%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 72.6%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.22, 40.97, -47.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.22, 62.36, 311.07°)
OKLab	oklab(38.21% 0.0759 -0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(38.21% 0.154 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.4270, 4.8216, 23.4037)
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

#512587 #5B8725

analogous

#252A87 #512587 #822587

triadic

#512587 #875125 #258751

tetradic

#512587 #87252A #5B8725 #258782

square

#512587 #87252A #5B8725 #258782

split-complementary

#512587 #878225 #2A8725

monochromatic

#170B27 #341857 #512587 #6E32B7 #8D56D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.69

#512587 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#512587 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512587

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512587	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512587	1.00	10.69	1.96	10.69
#FFFFFF	10.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443D53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512587;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 37, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.154 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8763ab',
    500: '#512587',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512587;
$custom-light: #8763ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512587",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.939,
    "s": 56.977,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38215,
    "c": 0.15414,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512587

secondary

#89B553

accent

#E0489C

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #512587

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

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