#512477#512477

#512477 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.137 H 305.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512477
RGB	rgb(81, 36, 119)
HSL	hsl(273, 54%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(273, 70%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.9%, 69.7%, 0%, 53.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.77, 37.30, -39.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.77, 54.15, 313.53°)
OKLab	oklab(36.79% 0.0795 -0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(36.79% 0.137 305.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.3533, 4.3430, 17.9001)
Luminance	0.0434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512477 #4A7724

analogous

#272477 #512477 #772473

triadic

#512477 #775124 #247751

tetradic

#512477 #772724 #4A7724 #247377

square

#512477 #772724 #4A7724 #247377

split-complementary

#512477 #737724 #247727

monochromatic

#110819 #311648 #512477 #7132A6 #904CC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.24

#512477 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#512477 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512477

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512477	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512477	1.00	11.24	1.87	11.24
#FFFFFF	11.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003979

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0B3B75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A364A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512477;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 36, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.137 305.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85629f',
    500: '#512477',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512477;
$custom-light: #85629f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512477",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.53,
    "s": 53.548,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36785,
    "c": 0.13683,
    "h": 305.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512477

secondary

#77AA4D

accent

#DD4B8E

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #512477

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

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