#512A87#512A87

#512A87 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.148 H 298.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512A87
RGB	rgb(81, 42, 135)
HSL	hsl(265, 53%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(265, 69%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 68.9%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.17, 38.33, -45.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.17, 59.47, 310.13°)
OKLab	oklab(38.89% 0.0704 -0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(38.89% 0.148 298.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.5934, 5.1544, 23.4591)
Luminance	0.0515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512A87 #60872A

analogous

#2A3287 #512A87 #7F2A87

triadic

#512A87 #87512A #2A8751

tetradic

#512A87 #872A32 #60872A #2A877F

square

#512A87 #872A32 #60872A #2A877F

split-complementary

#512A87 #877F2A #32872A

monochromatic

#190D2A #351B58 #512A87 #6D39B6 #8D5ECD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.34

#512A87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#512A87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512A87

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512A87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512A87	1.00	10.34	2.03	10.34
#FFFFFF	10.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00408A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#444055

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512a87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 42, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.148 298.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8766ab',
    500: '#512a87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512a87;
$custom-light: #8766ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512a87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.161,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38893,
    "c": 0.14752,
    "h": 298.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512A87

secondary

#8EB35A

accent

#DC4CA0

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #512A87

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

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