#512995#512995

#512995 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.166 H 294.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512995
RGB	rgb(81, 41, 149)
HSL	hsl(262, 57%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(262, 72%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.6%, 72.5%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.13, 42.73, -52.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.13, 67.75, 309.10°)
OKLab	oklab(39.93% 0.0691 -0.1505)
OKLCH	oklch(39.93% 0.166 294.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.6096, 5.5049, 28.9842)
Luminance	0.0551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512995 #6D9529

analogous

#293795 #512995 #872995

triadic

#512995 #955129 #299551

tetradic

#512995 #952937 #6D9529 #299587

square

#512995 #952937 #6D9529 #299587

split-complementary

#512995 #958729 #379529

monochromatic

#1D0F35 #371C65 #512995 #6B36C5 #8E64D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.00

#512995 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#512995 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512995

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512995	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512995	1.00	10.00	2.10	10.00
#FFFFFF	10.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004398

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004193

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E445C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512995;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 41, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.166 294.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8866b5',
    500: '#512995',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512995;
$custom-light: #8866b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512995",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.222,
    "s": 56.842,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39935,
    "c": 0.1656,
    "h": 294.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512995

secondary

#99BA60

accent

#E048A8

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #512995

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

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