#512996#512996

#512996 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.167 H 294.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512996
RGB	rgb(81, 41, 150)
HSL	hsl(262, 57%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(262, 73%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(46%, 72.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.21, 43.00, -53.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.21, 68.29, 309.03°)
OKLab	oklab(40.02% 0.0688 -0.1519)
OKLCH	oklch(40.02% 0.167 294.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.6898, 5.5369, 29.4064)
Luminance	0.0554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512996 #6E9629

analogous

#293896 #512996 #872996

triadic

#512996 #965129 #299651

tetradic

#512996 #962938 #6E9629 #299687

square

#512996 #962938 #6E9629 #299687

split-complementary

#512996 #968729 #389629

monochromatic

#1D0F36 #371C66 #512996 #6B36C6 #8E65D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.96

#512996 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#512996 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512996

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512996	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512996	1.00	9.96	2.11	9.96
#FFFFFF	9.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004499

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004194

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D455D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512996;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 41, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.167 294.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8866b6',
    500: '#512996',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512996;
$custom-light: #8866b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512996",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.018,
    "s": 57.068,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40022,
    "c": 0.16678,
    "h": 294.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512996

secondary

#99BB60

accent

#E047A8

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #512996

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

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