#512B72#512B72

#512B72 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.120 H 306.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512B72
RGB	rgb(81, 43, 114)
HSL	hsl(272, 45%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(272, 62%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.9%, 62.3%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.84, 32.14, -34.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.84, 47.04, 313.09°)
OKLab	oklab(37.44% 0.0707 -0.097)
OKLCH	oklch(37.44% 0.12 306.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.2938, 4.6921, 16.4377)
Luminance	0.0469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Rebeccapurple

#663399

ΔE00 7.28

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512B72 #4C722B

analogous

#2D2B72 #512B72 #722B6F

triadic

#512B72 #72512B #2B7251

tetradic

#512B72 #722D2B #4C722B #2B6F72

square

#512B72 #722D2B #4C722B #2B6F72

split-complementary

#512B72 #6F722B #2B722D

monochromatic

#120919 #311A46 #512B72 #713C9E #8F58C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.83

#512B72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#512B72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512B72

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512B72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512B72	1.00	10.83	1.94	10.83
#FFFFFF	10.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B3C74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E3D70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C394A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512b72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 43, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.120 306.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84669b',
    500: '#512b72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512b72;
$custom-light: #84669b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512b72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.113,
    "s": 45.223,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37441,
    "c": 0.12006,
    "h": 306.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512B72

secondary

#7AA455

accent

#D5538F

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #512B72

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

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