#512897#512897

#512897 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.169 H 294.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512897
RGB	rgb(81, 40, 151)
HSL	hsl(262, 58%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(262, 74%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.4%, 73.5%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.12, 43.79, -53.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.12, 69.38, 309.13°)
OKLab	oklab(39.98% 0.0696 -0.1542)
OKLCH	oklch(39.98% 0.169 294.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.7365, 5.5010, 29.8210)
Luminance	0.0550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512897 #6E9728

analogous

#283797 #512897 #882897

triadic

#512897 #975128 #289751

tetradic

#512897 #972837 #6E9728 #289788

square

#512897 #972837 #6E9728 #289788

split-complementary

#512897 #978828 #379728

monochromatic

#1D0E36 #371B67 #512897 #6B35C7 #8E64D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.00

#512897 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#512897 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512897

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512897	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512897	1.00	10.00	2.10	10.00
#FFFFFF	10.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004095

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D455D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512897;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 40, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.169 294.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8966b6',
    500: '#512897',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512897;
$custom-light: #8966b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512897",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.162,
    "s": 58.115,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39981,
    "c": 0.16915,
    "h": 294.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512897

secondary

#99BC5F

accent

#E146A8

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #512897

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

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