#512B82#512B82

#512B82 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.140 H 299.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512B82
RGB	rgb(81, 43, 130)
HSL	hsl(266, 50%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(266, 67%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.7%, 66.9%, 0%, 49%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.99, 36.41, -42.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.99, 56.07, 310.50°)
OKLab	oklab(38.64% 0.0698 -0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(38.64% 0.14 299.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.2855, 5.0887, 21.6605)
Luminance	0.0509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512B82 #5C822B

analogous

#2B3182 #512B82 #7D2B82

triadic

#512B82 #82512B #2B8251

tetradic

#512B82 #822B31 #5C822B #2B827D

square

#512B82 #822B31 #5C822B #2B827D

split-complementary

#512B82 #827D2B #31822B

monochromatic

#180D26 #341C54 #512B82 #6E3AB0 #8D5ECA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.41

#512B82 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#512B82 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512B82

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512B82	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512B82	1.00	10.41	2.02	10.41
#FFFFFF	10.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004085

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#463F52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512b82;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 43, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.140 299.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8667a7',
    500: '#512b82',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512b82;
$custom-light: #8667a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512b82",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.207,
    "s": 50.289,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38639,
    "c": 0.13999,
    "h": 299.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512B82

secondary

#8AB059

accent

#DA4E9D

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B060F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #512B82

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

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