#512986#512986

#512986 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.148 H 299.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512986
RGB	rgb(81, 41, 134)
HSL	hsl(266, 53%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(266, 69%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.6%, 69.4%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.89, 38.60, -45.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.89, 59.51, 310.44°)
OKLab	oklab(38.67% 0.0717 -0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(38.67% 0.148 299)
XYZ	xyz(8.4883, 5.0563, 23.0784)
Luminance	0.0506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512986 #5E8629

analogous

#293086 #512986 #802986

triadic

#512986 #865129 #298651

tetradic

#512986 #862930 #5E8629 #298680

square

#512986 #862930 #5E8629 #298680

split-complementary

#512986 #868029 #308629

monochromatic

#180C28 #351B57 #512986 #6D37B5 #8D5CCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.44

#512986 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#512986 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512986

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512986	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512986	1.00	10.44	2.01	10.44
#FFFFFF	10.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004089

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453F54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512986;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 41, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.148 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8766aa',
    500: '#512986',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512986;
$custom-light: #8766aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512986",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.806,
    "s": 53.143,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38671,
    "c": 0.14768,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.05056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512986

secondary

#8CB358

accent

#DD4B9E

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #512986

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

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