#512B79#512B79

#512B79 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.129 H 303.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512B79
RGB	rgb(81, 43, 121)
HSL	hsl(269, 48%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(269, 64%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.1%, 64.5%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.33, 33.98, -38.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.33, 51.00, 311.78°)
OKLab	oklab(37.95% 0.0705 -0.1078)
OKLCH	oklch(37.95% 0.129 303.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.7076, 4.8576, 18.6170)
Luminance	0.0486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512B79 #53792B

analogous

#2B2C79 #512B79 #782B79

triadic

#512B79 #79512B #2B7951

tetradic

#512B79 #792B2C #53792B #2B7978

square

#512B79 #792B2C #53792B #2B7978

split-complementary

#512B79 #79782B #2C792B

monochromatic

#150B1F #331B4C #512B79 #6F3BA6 #8E5AC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.65

#512B79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#512B79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512B79

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512B79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512B79	1.00	10.65	1.97	10.65
#FFFFFF	10.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#153E77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493B4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512b79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 43, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.129 303.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8566a0',
    500: '#512b79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512b79;
$custom-light: #8566a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512b79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.231,
    "s": 47.561,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3795,
    "c": 0.12881,
    "h": 303.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512B79

secondary

#81AA56

accent

#D75196

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B060F

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #512B79

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

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