#512A4E#512A4E

#512A4E is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.079 H 329.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512A4E
RGB	rgb(81, 42, 78)
HSL	hsl(305, 32%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(305, 48%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.1%, 3.7%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.52, 24.16, -14.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.52, 28.16, 329.07°)
OKLab	oklab(35.06% 0.0681 -0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(35.06% 0.079 329.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.5964, 3.9556, 7.6750)
Luminance	0.0396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512A4E #2A512D

analogous

#412A51 #512A4E #512A3B

triadic

#512A4E #4E512A #2A4E51

tetradic

#512A4E #51412A #2A512D #2A3B51

square

#512A4E #51412A #2A512D #2A3B51

split-complementary

#512A4E #3B512A #2A5141

monochromatic

#140A13 #291527 #512A4E #793F75 #A2549C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.73

#512A4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#512A4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512A4E

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512A4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512A4E	1.00	11.73	1.79	11.73
#FFFFFF	11.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#28354F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#333A4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#542D38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512a4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 42, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.079 329.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83657f',
    500: '#512a4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512a4e;
$custom-light: #83657f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512a4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.615,
    "s": 31.707,
    "l": 24.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35055,
    "c": 0.07865,
    "h": 329.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512A4E

secondary

#548357

accent

#C86860

background

#F8F6F7

surface

#EFEBEE

border

#CAC6C9

text

#0B050A

muted

#7C7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #512A4E

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

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