#512689#512689

#512689 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.155 H 298.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512689
RGB	rgb(81, 38, 137)
HSL	hsl(266, 57%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(266, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 72.3%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.57, 40.99, -47.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.57, 62.89, 310.68°)
OKLab	oklab(38.51% 0.0745 -0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(38.51% 0.155 298.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.6007, 4.9416, 24.1628)
Luminance	0.0494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512689 #5E8926

analogous

#262D89 #512689 #832689

triadic

#512689 #895126 #268951

tetradic

#512689 #89262D #5E8926 #268983

square

#512689 #89262D #5E8926 #268983

split-complementary

#512689 #898326 #2D8926

monochromatic

#180B29 #351959 #512689 #6D33B9 #8D59D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.56

#512689 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#512689 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512689

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512689	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512689	1.00	10.56	1.99	10.56
#FFFFFF	10.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443E55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512689;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 38, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.155 298.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8764ac',
    500: '#512689',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512689;
$custom-light: #8764ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512689",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.061,
    "s": 56.571,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38513,
    "c": 0.15519,
    "h": 298.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512689

secondary

#8CB655

accent

#E0489E

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #512689

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

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