#512688#512688

#512688 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.154 H 299.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512688
RGB	rgb(81, 38, 136)
HSL	hsl(266, 56%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(266, 72%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.4%, 72.1%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.49, 40.73, -47.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.49, 62.34, 310.79°)
OKLab	oklab(38.43% 0.0747 -0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(38.43% 0.154 299)
XYZ	xyz(8.5293, 4.9130, 23.7867)
Luminance	0.0491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512688 #5D8826

analogous

#262C88 #512688 #822688

triadic

#512688 #885126 #268851

tetradic

#512688 #88262C #5D8826 #268882

square

#512688 #88262C #5D8826 #268882

split-complementary

#512688 #888226 #2C8826

monochromatic

#180B28 #351958 #512688 #6D33B8 #8D58D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.59

#512688 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#512688 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512688

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512688	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512688	1.00	10.59	1.98	10.59
#FFFFFF	10.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443E54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512688;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 38, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.154 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8764ab',
    500: '#512688',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512688;
$custom-light: #8764ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512688",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.327,
    "s": 56.322,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38429,
    "c": 0.15402,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.04913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512688

secondary

#8BB555

accent

#E0489D

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #512688

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

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