#512599#512599

#512599 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.175 H 294.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512599
RGB	rgb(81, 37, 153)
HSL	hsl(263, 61%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(263, 76%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 75.8%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.77, 45.82, -55.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.77, 72.06, 309.49°)
OKLab	oklab(39.79% 0.0719 -0.1594)
OKLCH	oklch(39.79% 0.175 294.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.8031, 5.3721, 30.6512)
Luminance	0.0537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512599 #6D9925

analogous

#253399 #512599 #8B2599

triadic

#512599 #995125 #259951

tetradic

#512599 #992533 #6D9925 #25998B

square

#512599 #992533 #6D9925 #25998B

split-complementary

#512599 #998B25 #339925

monochromatic

#1D0D36 #371968 #512599 #6B31CA #8E60D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.12

#512599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#512599 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512599

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512599	1.00	10.12	2.07	10.12
#FFFFFF	10.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004097

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C445D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 37, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.175 294.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8964b8',
    500: '#512599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512599;
$custom-light: #8964b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.759,
    "s": 61.053,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39791,
    "c": 0.17486,
    "h": 294.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512599

secondary

#99BE5C

accent

#E444A7

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #512599

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

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