#512A88#512A88

#512A88 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.149 H 298.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512A88
RGB	rgb(81, 42, 136)
HSL	hsl(265, 53%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(265, 69%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.4%, 69.1%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.25, 38.61, -45.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.25, 60.03, 310.03°)
OKLab	oklab(38.97% 0.0703 -0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(38.97% 0.149 298.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.6641, 5.1827, 23.8317)
Luminance	0.0518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.73

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512A88 #61882A

analogous

#2A3288 #512A88 #802A88

triadic

#512A88 #88512A #2A8851

tetradic

#512A88 #882A32 #61882A #2A8880

square

#512A88 #882A32 #61882A #2A8880

split-complementary

#512A88 #88802A #32882A

monochromatic

#190D2A #351C59 #512A88 #6D38B7 #8D5FCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.31

#512A88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#512A88 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512A88

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512A88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512A88	1.00	10.31	2.04	10.31
#FFFFFF	10.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00408B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#444055

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512a88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 42, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.149 298.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8766ab',
    500: '#512a88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512a88;
$custom-light: #8766ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512a88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.894,
    "s": 52.809,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38974,
    "c": 0.14874,
    "h": 298.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512A88

secondary

#8EB35B

accent

#DC4CA0

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #512A88

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

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