#512B86#512B86

#512B86 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.145 H 298.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512B86
RGB	rgb(81, 43, 134)
HSL	hsl(265, 51%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(265, 68%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.6%, 67.9%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.29, 37.51, -44.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.29, 58.31, 310.04°)
OKLab	oklab(38.96% 0.0694 -0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(38.96% 0.145 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.5592, 5.1982, 23.1020)
Luminance	0.0520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512B86 #60862B

analogous

#2B3386 #512B86 #7F2B86

triadic

#512B86 #86512B #2B8651

tetradic

#512B86 #862B33 #60862B #2B867F

square

#512B86 #862B33 #60862B #2B867F

split-complementary

#512B86 #867F2B #33862B

monochromatic

#190D29 #351C58 #512B86 #6D3AB4 #8D60CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.30

#512B86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#512B86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512B86

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512B86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512B86	1.00	10.30	2.04	10.30
#FFFFFF	10.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004189

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004084

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#454054

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512b86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 43, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.145 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8667aa',
    500: '#512b86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512b86;
$custom-light: #8667aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512b86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.055,
    "s": 51.412,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38956,
    "c": 0.14491,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512B86

secondary

#8EB25B

accent

#DB4DA0

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #512B86

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

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