#512166#512166

#512166 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.122 H 314.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512166
RGB	rgb(81, 33, 102)
HSL	hsl(282, 51%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(282, 68%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.6%, 67.6%, 0%, 60%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.99, 34.68, -31.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.99, 46.63, 318.04°)
OKLab	oklab(35.11% 0.0846 -0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(35.11% 0.122 314)
XYZ	xyz(6.3351, 3.7965, 12.9669)
Luminance	0.0380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 5.95

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512166 #366621

analogous

#2F2166 #512166 #662159

triadic

#512166 #665121 #216651

tetradic

#512166 #662F21 #366621 #215966

square

#512166 #662F21 #366621 #215966

split-complementary

#512166 #596621 #21662F

monochromatic

#120717 #2C1238 #512166 #763094 #9A40C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.94

#512166 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#512166 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512166

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512166	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512166	1.00	11.94	1.76	11.94
#FFFFFF	11.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#043468

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E3864

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F2E40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512166;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 33, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.122 314.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#846092',
    500: '#512166',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512166;
$custom-light: #846092;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512166",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.739,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3511,
    "c": 0.12179,
    "h": 314
  },
  "luminance": 0.03796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512166

secondary

#629A49

accent

#DB4D78

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF1

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0B050D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #512166

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

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