#512E88#512E88

#512E88 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.143 H 297.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512E88
RGB	rgb(81, 46, 136)
HSL	hsl(263, 49%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(263, 66%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.4%, 66.2%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.06, 36.38, -44.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.06, 57.59, 309.18°)
OKLab	oklab(39.56% 0.0656 -0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(39.56% 0.143 297.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.8131, 5.4807, 23.8813)
Luminance	0.0548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512E88 #65882E

analogous

#2E3888 #512E88 #7E2E88

triadic

#512E88 #88512E #2E8851

tetradic

#512E88 #882E38 #65882E #2E887E

square

#512E88 #882E38 #65882E #2E887E

split-complementary

#512E88 #887E2E #38882E

monochromatic

#1B0F2D #361F5A #512E88 #6C3DB6 #8D65CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.02

#512E88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#512E88 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512E88

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512E88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512E88	1.00	10.02	2.10	10.02
#FFFFFF	10.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00438B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004186

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#444356

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512e88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 46, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.143 297.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8669ab',
    500: '#512e88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512e88;
$custom-light: #8669ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512e88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.333,
    "s": 49.451,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3956,
    "c": 0.14316,
    "h": 297.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512E88

secondary

#92B260

accent

#D94FA3

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #512E88

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

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