#512987#512987

#512987 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.149 H 298.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512987
RGB	rgb(81, 41, 135)
HSL	hsl(266, 53%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(266, 70%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 69.6%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.97, 38.87, -45.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.97, 60.06, 310.33°)
OKLab	oklab(38.75% 0.0715 -0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(38.75% 0.149 298.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.5583, 5.0844, 23.4475)
Luminance	0.0508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512987 #5F8729

analogous

#293087 #512987 #802987

triadic

#512987 #875129 #298751

tetradic

#512987 #872930 #5F8729 #298780

square

#512987 #872930 #5F8729 #298780

split-complementary

#512987 #878029 #308729

monochromatic

#190C29 #351B58 #512987 #6D37B6 #8D5DCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.41

#512987 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#512987 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512987

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512987	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512987	1.00	10.41	2.02	10.41
#FFFFFF	10.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00408A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443F54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512987;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 41, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.149 298.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8766ab',
    500: '#512987',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512987;
$custom-light: #8766ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512987",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.532,
    "s": 53.409,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38752,
    "c": 0.14888,
    "h": 298.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512987

secondary

#8DB359

accent

#DD4B9F

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #512987

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

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