#512A7D#512A7D

#512A7D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.135 H 301.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512A7D
RGB	rgb(81, 42, 125)
HSL	hsl(268, 50%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(268, 66%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 66.4%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.41, 35.62, -40.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.41, 53.88, 311.38°)
OKLab	oklab(38.1% 0.0715 -0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(38.1% 0.135 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.9221, 4.8859, 19.9238)
Luminance	0.0489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512A7D #567D2A

analogous

#2A2C7D #512A7D #7B2A7D

triadic

#512A7D #7D512A #2A7D51

tetradic

#512A7D #7D2A2C #567D2A #2A7D7B

square

#512A7D #7D2A2C #567D2A #2A7D7B

split-complementary

#512A7D #7D7B2A #2C7D2A

monochromatic

#160B21 #331B4F #512A7D #6F39AB #8D5AC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.62

#512A7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#512A7D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512A7D

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512A7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512A7D	1.00	10.62	1.98	10.62
#FFFFFF	10.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0B3E7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483C4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512a7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 42, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.135 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8566a3',
    500: '#512a7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512a7d;
$custom-light: #8566a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512a7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.193,
    "s": 49.701,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38102,
    "c": 0.13528,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512A7D

secondary

#84AD56

accent

#D94F98

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B060F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #512A7D

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

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