#512888#512888

#512888 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.151 H 298.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512888
RGB	rgb(81, 40, 136)
HSL	hsl(266, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(266, 71%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.4%, 70.6%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.86, 39.68, -46.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.86, 61.20, 310.42°)
OKLab	oklab(38.7% 0.0725 -0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(38.7% 0.151 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.5949, 5.0444, 23.8086)
Luminance	0.0504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512888 #5F8828

analogous

#282F88 #512888 #812888

triadic

#512888 #885128 #288851

tetradic

#512888 #88282F #5F8828 #288881

square

#512888 #88282F #5F8828 #288881

split-complementary

#512888 #888128 #2F8828

monochromatic

#190C29 #351A59 #512888 #6D36B7 #8D5BCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.45

#512888 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#512888 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512888

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512888	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512888	1.00	10.45	2.01	10.45
#FFFFFF	10.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00408B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443F55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512888;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 40, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.151 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8765ab',
    500: '#512888',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512888;
$custom-light: #8765ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512888",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.625,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38696,
    "c": 0.15142,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512888

secondary

#8DB458

accent

#DE4A9F

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #512888

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

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