#512B73#512B73

#512B73 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.121 H 305.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512B73
RGB	rgb(81, 43, 115)
HSL	hsl(272, 46%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(272, 63%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.6%, 62.6%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.91, 32.40, -34.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.91, 47.61, 312.88°)
OKLab	oklab(37.51% 0.0707 -0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(37.51% 0.121 305.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.3511, 4.7149, 16.7391)
Luminance	0.0471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Rebeccapurple

#663399

ΔE00 7.11

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512B73 #4D732B

analogous

#2D2B73 #512B73 #732B71

triadic

#512B73 #73512B #2B7351

tetradic

#512B73 #732D2B #4D732B #2B7173

square

#512B73 #732D2B #4D732B #2B7173

split-complementary

#512B73 #71732B #2B732D

monochromatic

#120A1A #321A46 #512B73 #703CA0 #8F58C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.81

#512B73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#512B73 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512B73

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512B73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512B73	1.00	10.81	1.94	10.81
#FFFFFF	10.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#093C75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C3E71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B394A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512b73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 43, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.121 305.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85669c',
    500: '#512b73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512b73;
$custom-light: #85669c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512b73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.667,
    "s": 45.57,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37512,
    "c": 0.12131,
    "h": 305.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512B73

secondary

#7BA555

accent

#D55390

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #512B73

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

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