#512E86#512E86

#512E86 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.141 H 297.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512E86
RGB	rgb(81, 46, 134)
HSL	hsl(264, 49%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(264, 66%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.6%, 65.7%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.91, 35.82, -43.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.91, 56.46, 309.38°)
OKLab	oklab(39.4% 0.0658 -0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(39.4% 0.141 297.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.6723, 5.4244, 23.1397)
Luminance	0.0542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512E86 #63862E

analogous

#2E3786 #512E86 #7D2E86

triadic

#512E86 #86512E #2E8651

tetradic

#512E86 #862E37 #63862E #2E867D

square

#512E86 #862E37 #63862E #2E867D

split-complementary

#512E86 #867D2E #37862E

monochromatic

#1A0F2B #351E58 #512E86 #6D3EB4 #8D64CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.07

#512E86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#512E86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512E86

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512E86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512E86	1.00	10.07	2.09	10.07
#FFFFFF	10.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004289

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004184

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#444255

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512e86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 46, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.141 297.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8669aa',
    500: '#512e86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512e86;
$custom-light: #8669aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512e86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.864,
    "s": 48.889,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39403,
    "c": 0.14064,
    "h": 297.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512E86

secondary

#90B15F

accent

#D84FA2

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #512E86

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

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