#512898#512898

#512898 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.170 H 294.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512898
RGB	rgb(81, 40, 152)
HSL	hsl(262, 58%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(262, 74%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.7%, 73.7%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.20, 44.07, -54.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.20, 69.92, 309.07°)
OKLab	oklab(40.07% 0.0694 -0.1555)
OKLCH	oklch(40.07% 0.17 294)
XYZ	xyz(9.8181, 5.5336, 30.2505)
Luminance	0.0553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512898 #6F9828

analogous

#283798 #512898 #892898

triadic

#512898 #985128 #289851

tetradic

#512898 #982837 #6F9828 #289889

square

#512898 #982837 #6F9828 #289889

split-complementary

#512898 #988928 #379828

monochromatic

#1D0F37 #371B68 #512898 #6B35C8 #8E64D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.97

#512898 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#512898 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512898

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512898	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512898	1.00	9.97	2.11	9.97
#FFFFFF	9.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00449B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004196

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C455D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512898;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 40, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.170 294.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8966b7',
    500: '#512898',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512898;
$custom-light: #8966b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512898",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.964,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4007,
    "c": 0.17031,
    "h": 294
  },
  "luminance": 0.05534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512898

secondary

#9ABC60

accent

#E246A9

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #512898

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

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