#512A79#512A79

#512A79 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.130 H 303.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512A79
RGB	rgb(81, 42, 121)
HSL	hsl(270, 48%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(270, 65%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.1%, 65.3%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.12, 34.55, -38.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.12, 51.63, 312.00°)
OKLab	oklab(37.8% 0.0718 -0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(37.8% 0.13 303.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.6717, 4.7857, 18.6050)
Luminance	0.0479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

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#663399

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512A79 #52792A

analogous

#2A2B79 #512A79 #792A79

triadic

#512A79 #79512A #2A7951

tetradic

#512A79 #792A2B #52792A #2A7979

square

#512A79 #792A2B #52792A #2A7979

split-complementary

#512A79 #79792A #2B792A

monochromatic

#140A1E #331A4C #512A79 #6F3AA6 #8E58C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.73

#512A79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#512A79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512A79

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512A79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512A79	1.00	10.73	1.96	10.73
#FFFFFF	10.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#133E77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493B4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512a79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 42, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.130 303.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8566a0',
    500: '#512a79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512a79;
$custom-light: #8566a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512a79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.62,
    "s": 48.466,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37798,
    "c": 0.13035,
    "h": 303.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512A79

secondary

#80AB54

accent

#D85095

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0B060F

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #512A79

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

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