#512982#512982

#512982 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.143 H 300.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512982
RGB	rgb(81, 41, 130)
HSL	hsl(267, 52%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(267, 68%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.7%, 68.5%, 0%, 49%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.58, 37.52, -43.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.58, 57.29, 310.91°)
OKLab	oklab(38.35% 0.0722 -0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(38.35% 0.143 300.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.2146, 4.9468, 21.6368)
Luminance	0.0495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512982 #5A8229

analogous

#292D82 #512982 #7D2982

triadic

#512982 #825129 #298251

tetradic

#512982 #82292D #5A8229 #29827D

square

#512982 #82292D #5A8229 #29827D

split-complementary

#512982 #827D29 #2D8229

monochromatic

#170C25 #341A53 #512982 #6E38B1 #8D5ACB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.56

#512982 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#512982 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512982

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512982	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512982	1.00	10.56	1.99	10.56
#FFFFFF	10.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#463D52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512982;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 41, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.143 300.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8666a7',
    500: '#512982',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512982;
$custom-light: #8666a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512982",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.966,
    "s": 52.047,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38348,
    "c": 0.14283,
    "h": 300.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512982

secondary

#88B056

accent

#DB4C9B

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C060F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #512982

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

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