#512D86#512D86

#512D86 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.142 H 298.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512D86
RGB	rgb(81, 45, 134)
HSL	hsl(264, 50%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(264, 66%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.6%, 66.4%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.70, 36.39, -43.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.70, 57.09, 309.61°)
OKLab	oklab(39.25% 0.067 -0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(39.25% 0.142 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.6337, 5.3472, 23.1269)
Luminance	0.0535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512D86 #62862D

analogous

#2D3586 #512D86 #7E2D86

triadic

#512D86 #86512D #2D8651

tetradic

#512D86 #862D35 #62862D #2D867E

square

#512D86 #862D35 #62862D #2D867E

split-complementary

#512D86 #867E2D #35862D

monochromatic

#1A0E2A #351E58 #512D86 #6D3CB4 #8D63CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.15

#512D86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#512D86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512D86

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512D86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512D86	1.00	10.15	2.07	10.15
#FFFFFF	10.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004289

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004084

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#454155

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512d86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 45, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.142 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8668aa',
    500: '#512d86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512d86;
$custom-light: #8668aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512d86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.27,
    "s": 49.721,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39251,
    "c": 0.14208,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512D86

secondary

#8FB15E

accent

#D94FA1

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #512D86

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

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