#512B4B#512B4B

#512B4B is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.073 H 333.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512B4B
RGB	rgb(81, 43, 75)
HSL	hsl(309, 31%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(309, 47%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.9%, 7.4%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.62, 22.92, -12.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.62, 26.02, 331.76°)
OKLab	oklab(35.08% 0.0655 -0.0333)
OKLCH	oklch(35.08% 0.073 333.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.5272, 3.9854, 7.1334)
Luminance	0.0398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512B4B #2B5131

analogous

#442B51 #512B4B #512B38

triadic

#512B4B #4B512B #2B4B51

tetradic

#512B4B #51442B #2B5131 #2B3851

square

#512B4B #51442B #2B5131 #2B3851

split-complementary

#512B4B #38512B #2B5144

monochromatic

#140B13 #291626 #512B4B #794070 #A15595

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.69

#512B4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#512B4B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512B4B

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512B4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512B4B	1.00	11.69	1.80	11.69
#FFFFFF	11.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A354C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#353A4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#542D37

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512b4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 43, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.073 333.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83657d',
    500: '#512b4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512b4b;
$custom-light: #83657d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512b4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.474,
    "s": 30.645,
    "l": 24.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35083,
    "c": 0.07349,
    "h": 333.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512B4B

secondary

#55835C

accent

#C77161

background

#F8F6F7

surface

#EFEBEE

border

#CAC6C9

text

#0B0609

muted

#7C7A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #512B4B

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

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