#512990#512990

#512990 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.160 H 296.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512990
RGB	rgb(81, 41, 144)
HSL	hsl(263, 56%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(263, 72%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.8%, 71.5%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.71, 41.34, -50.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.71, 65.02, 309.48°)
OKLab	oklab(39.5% 0.07 -0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(39.5% 0.16 296)
XYZ	xyz(9.2190, 5.3486, 26.9268)
Luminance	0.0535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512990 #689029

analogous

#293590 #512990 #852990

triadic

#512990 #905129 #299051

tetradic

#512990 #902935 #689029 #299085

square

#512990 #902935 #689029 #299085

split-complementary

#512990 #908529 #359029

monochromatic

#1B0E31 #361B60 #512990 #6C37C0 #8D61D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.15

#512990 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#512990 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512990

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512990	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512990	1.00	10.15	2.07	10.15
#FFFFFF	10.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004293

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00408E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#404359

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512990;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 41, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.160 296.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8866b1',
    500: '#512990',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512990;
$custom-light: #8866b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512990",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.301,
    "s": 55.676,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39504,
    "c": 0.15967,
    "h": 296
  },
  "luminance": 0.05349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512990

secondary

#95B85D

accent

#DF49A5

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #512990

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

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