#512C86#512C86

#512C86 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.144 H 298.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512C86
RGB	rgb(81, 44, 134)
HSL	hsl(265, 51%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(265, 67%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.6%, 67.2%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.50, 36.95, -44.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.50, 57.70, 309.82°)
OKLab	oklab(39.1% 0.0682 -0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(39.1% 0.144 298.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.5960, 5.2718, 23.1143)
Luminance	0.0527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512C86 #61862C

analogous

#2C3486 #512C86 #7E2C86

triadic

#512C86 #86512C #2C8651

tetradic

#512C86 #862C34 #61862C #2C867E

square

#512C86 #862C34 #61862C #2C867E

split-complementary

#512C86 #867E2C #34862C

monochromatic

#190E2A #351D58 #512C86 #6D3BB4 #8D61CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.22

#512C86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#512C86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512C86

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512C86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512C86	1.00	10.22	2.05	10.22
#FFFFFF	10.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004189

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004084

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#454155

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512c86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 44, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.144 298.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8668aa',
    500: '#512c86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512c86;
$custom-light: #8668aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512c86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.667,
    "s": 50.562,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39103,
    "c": 0.14351,
    "h": 298.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512C86

secondary

#8EB15C

accent

#DA4EA0

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #512C86

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

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