#512072#512072

#512072 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.137 H 308.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512072
RGB	rgb(81, 32, 114)
HSL	hsl(276, 56%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(276, 72%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.9%, 71.9%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.66, 38.09, -37.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.66, 53.70, 315.17°)
OKLab	oklab(35.87% 0.0849 -0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(35.87% 0.137 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.9465, 3.9974, 16.3220)
Luminance	0.0400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512072 #417220

analogous

#282072 #512072 #72206A

triadic

#512072 #725120 #207251

tetradic

#512072 #722820 #417220 #206A72

square

#512072 #722820 #417220 #206A72

split-complementary

#512072 #6A7220 #207228

monochromatic

#110718 #2F1342 #512072 #732DA2 #9342CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.67

#512072 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#512072 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512072

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512072	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512072	1.00	11.67	1.80	11.67
#FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003674

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0E3970

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C3246

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512072;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 32, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.137 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85609b',
    500: '#512072',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512072;
$custom-light: #85609b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512072",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.854,
    "s": 56.164,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35869,
    "c": 0.13674,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512072

secondary

#6EA648

accent

#DF4885

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0EAF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #512072

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

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