#512597#512597

#512597 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.173 H 294.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512597
RGB	rgb(81, 37, 151)
HSL	hsl(263, 61%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(263, 75%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.4%, 75.5%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.59, 45.28, -54.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.59, 70.99, 309.63°)
OKLab	oklab(39.61% 0.0724 -0.1567)
OKLCH	oklch(39.61% 0.173 294.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.6393, 5.3066, 29.7886)
Luminance	0.0531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512597 #6B9725

analogous

#253297 #512597 #8A2597

triadic

#512597 #975125 #259751

tetradic

#512597 #972532 #6B9725 #25978A

square

#512597 #972532 #6B9725 #25978A

split-complementary

#512597 #978A25 #329725

monochromatic

#1C0D35 #371966 #512597 #6B31C8 #8D5FD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.19

#512597 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#512597 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512597

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512597	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512597	1.00	10.19	2.06	10.19
#FFFFFF	10.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00429A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D435C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512597;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 37, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.173 294.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8964b7',
    500: '#512597',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512597;
$custom-light: #8964b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512597",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.158,
    "s": 60.638,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3961,
    "c": 0.17258,
    "h": 294.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512597

secondary

#97BD5B

accent

#E444A6

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #512597

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

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