#512A86#512A86

#512A86 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.146 H 298.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512A86
RGB	rgb(81, 42, 134)
HSL	hsl(265, 52%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(265, 69%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.6%, 68.7%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.09, 38.06, -44.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.09, 58.91, 310.24°)
OKLab	oklab(38.81% 0.0706 -0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(38.81% 0.146 298.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.5233, 5.1264, 23.0901)
Luminance	0.0513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512A86 #5F862A

analogous

#2A3186 #512A86 #7F2A86

triadic

#512A86 #86512A #2A8651

tetradic

#512A86 #862A31 #5F862A #2A867F

square

#512A86 #862A31 #5F862A #2A867F

split-complementary

#512A86 #867F2A #31862A

monochromatic

#190D29 #351B57 #512A86 #6D39B5 #8D5ECD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.37

#512A86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#512A86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512A86

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512A86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512A86	1.00	10.37	2.03	10.37
#FFFFFF	10.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.37	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: #512a86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 42, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.146 298.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8666aa',
    500: '#512a86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512a86;
$custom-light: #8666aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512a86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.435,
    "s": 52.273,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38812,
    "c": 0.1463,
    "h": 298.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512A86

secondary

#8DB25A

accent

#DC4C9F

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #512A86

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

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