#512596#512596

#512596 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.171 H 295.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512596
RGB	rgb(81, 37, 150)
HSL	hsl(263, 60%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(263, 75%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(46%, 75.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.50, 45.01, -54.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.50, 70.46, 309.70°)
OKLab	oklab(39.52% 0.0726 -0.1553)
OKLCH	oklch(39.52% 0.171 295.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.5584, 5.2742, 29.3627)
Luminance	0.0527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512596 #6A9625

analogous

#253196 #512596 #8A2596

triadic

#512596 #965125 #259651

tetradic

#512596 #962531 #6A9625 #25968A

square

#512596 #962531 #6A9625 #25968A

split-complementary

#512596 #968A25 #319625

monochromatic

#1C0D34 #361965 #512596 #6C31C7 #8D5ED7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.22

#512596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#512596 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512596

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512596	1.00	10.22	2.05	10.22
#FFFFFF	10.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004299

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D435C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 37, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.171 295.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8964b6',
    500: '#512596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512596;
$custom-light: #8964b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.363,
    "s": 60.428,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3952,
    "c": 0.17144,
    "h": 295.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512596

secondary

#96BC5B

accent

#E444A6

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #512596

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

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