#512781#512781

#512781 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.144 H 301.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512781
RGB	rgb(81, 39, 129)
HSL	hsl(268, 54%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(268, 70%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.2%, 69.8%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.11, 38.33, -43.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.11, 57.92, 311.43°)
OKLab	oklab(37.99% 0.0747 -0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(37.99% 0.144 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.0803, 4.7853, 21.2626)
Luminance	0.0478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512781 #578127

analogous

#272A81 #512781 #7E2781

triadic

#512781 #815127 #278151

tetradic

#512781 #81272A #578127 #27817E

square

#512781 #81272A #578127 #27817E

split-complementary

#512781 #817E27 #2A8127

monochromatic

#160B23 #331952 #512781 #6F35B0 #8D56CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.73

#512781 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#512781 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512781

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512781	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512781	1.00	10.73	1.96	10.73
#FFFFFF	10.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#473C50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512781;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 39, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.144 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8664a6',
    500: '#512781',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512781;
$custom-light: #8664a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512781",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268,
    "s": 53.571,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37988,
    "c": 0.14442,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512781

secondary

#85B153

accent

#DD4B99

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C060F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #512781

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

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