#512779#512779

#512779 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.135 H 304.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512779
RGB	rgb(81, 39, 121)
HSL	hsl(271, 51%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(271, 68%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.1%, 67.8%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.51, 36.21, -39.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.51, 53.48, 312.62°)
OKLab	oklab(37.36% 0.0756 -0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(37.36% 0.135 304.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.5693, 4.5809, 18.5709)
Luminance	0.0458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512779 #4F7927

analogous

#282779 #512779 #792778

triadic

#512779 #795127 #277951

tetradic

#512779 #792827 #4F7927 #277879

square

#512779 #792827 #4F7927 #277879

split-complementary

#512779 #787927 #277928

monochromatic

#13091C #32184B #512779 #7036A7 #8F53C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.96

#512779 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#512779 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512779

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512779	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512779	1.00	10.96	1.92	10.96
#FFFFFF	10.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D3C77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A394C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512779;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 39, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.135 304.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8564a0',
    500: '#512779',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512779;
$custom-light: #8564a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512779",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.732,
    "s": 51.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37358,
    "c": 0.13485,
    "h": 304.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512779

secondary

#7DAB51

accent

#DB4D92

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #512779

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

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