#512696#512696

#512696 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.170 H 294.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512696
RGB	rgb(81, 38, 150)
HSL	hsl(263, 60%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(263, 75%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(46%, 74.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.67, 44.52, -53.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.67, 69.93, 309.54°)
OKLab	oklab(39.64% 0.0717 -0.1545)
OKLCH	oklch(39.64% 0.17 294.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.5900, 5.3373, 29.3732)
Luminance	0.0534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512696 #6B9626

analogous

#263396 #512696 #892696

triadic

#512696 #965126 #269651

tetradic

#512696 #962633 #6B9626 #269689

square

#512696 #962633 #6B9626 #269689

split-complementary

#512696 #968926 #339626

monochromatic

#1C0D34 #371A65 #512696 #6B32C7 #8D60D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.16

#512696 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#512696 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512696

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512696	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512696	1.00	10.16	2.07	10.16
#FFFFFF	10.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004299

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004094

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D435C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512696;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 38, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.170 294.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8965b6',
    500: '#512696',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512696;
$custom-light: #8965b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512696",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.036,
    "s": 59.574,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39642,
    "c": 0.1703,
    "h": 294.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512696

secondary

#97BC5C

accent

#E345A6

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #512696

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

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