#512B4E#512B4E

#512B4E is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.077 H 330.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512B4E
RGB	rgb(81, 43, 78)
HSL	hsl(305, 31%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(305, 47%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.9%, 3.7%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.76, 23.55, -14.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.76, 27.45, 329.08°)
OKLab	oklab(35.23% 0.0663 -0.0384)
OKLCH	oklch(35.23% 0.077 330)
XYZ	xyz(5.6323, 4.0274, 7.6870)
Luminance	0.0403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512B4E #2B512E

analogous

#412B51 #512B4E #512B3B

triadic

#512B4E #4E512B #2B4E51

tetradic

#512B4E #51412B #2B512E #2B3B51

square

#512B4E #51412B #2B512E #2B3B51

split-complementary

#512B4E #3B512B #2B5141

monochromatic

#140B13 #291628 #512B4E #794074 #A1559B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.63

#512B4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#512B4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512B4E

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512B4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512B4E	1.00	11.63	1.81	11.63
#FFFFFF	11.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#29354F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#333A4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#542E39

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512b4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 43, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.077 330.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83657f',
    500: '#512b4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512b4e;
$custom-light: #83657f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512b4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.737,
    "s": 30.645,
    "l": 24.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35233,
    "c": 0.07663,
    "h": 330
  },
  "luminance": 0.04027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512B4E

secondary

#558358

accent

#C76961

background

#F8F6F7

surface

#EFEBEE

border

#CAC6C9

text

#0B060A

muted

#7C7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #512B4E

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

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