#512172#512172

#512172 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.135 H 308.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512172
RGB	rgb(81, 33, 114)
HSL	hsl(276, 55%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(276, 71%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.9%, 71.1%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.84, 37.58, -37.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.84, 53.14, 315.01°)
OKLab	oklab(36% 0.0837 -0.1064)
OKLCH	oklch(36% 0.135 308.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.9738, 4.0521, 16.3311)
Luminance	0.0405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512172 #427221

analogous

#292172 #512172 #72216B

triadic

#512172 #725121 #217251

tetradic

#512172 #722921 #427221 #216B72

square

#512172 #722921 #427221 #216B72

split-complementary

#512172 #6B7221 #217229

monochromatic

#110718 #2F1343 #512172 #732FA1 #9344C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.60

#512172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#512172 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512172

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512172	1.00	11.60	1.81	11.60
#FFFFFF	11.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003774

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F3970

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C3346

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 33, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.135 308.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85609b',
    500: '#512172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512172;
$custom-light: #85609b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.556,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35998,
    "c": 0.13534,
    "h": 308.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512172

secondary

#6FA549

accent

#DE4986

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0EAF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #512172

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

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