#512588#512588

#512588 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.155 H 299.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512588
RGB	rgb(81, 37, 136)
HSL	hsl(267, 57%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(267, 73%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.4%, 72.8%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.30, 41.24, -47.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.30, 62.90, 310.96°)
OKLab	oklab(38.3% 0.0757 -0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(38.3% 0.155 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.4977, 4.8499, 23.7762)
Luminance	0.0485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512588 #5C8825

analogous

#252B88 #512588 #832588

triadic

#512588 #885125 #258851

tetradic

#512588 #88252B #5C8825 #258883

square

#512588 #88252B #5C8825 #258883

split-complementary

#512588 #888325 #2B8825

monochromatic

#180B28 #341858 #512588 #6E32B8 #8D56D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.66

#512588 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#512588 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512588

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512588	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512588	1.00	10.66	1.97	10.66
#FFFFFF	10.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443D54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512588;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 37, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.155 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8763ab',
    500: '#512588',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512588;
$custom-light: #8763ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512588",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.667,
    "s": 57.225,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38299,
    "c": 0.1553,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512588

secondary

#8AB653

accent

#E0479C

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #512588

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

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