#512B83#512B83

#512B83 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.141 H 299.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512B83
RGB	rgb(81, 43, 131)
HSL	hsl(266, 51%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(266, 67%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.2%, 67.2%, 0%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.06, 36.69, -43.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.06, 56.63, 310.38°)
OKLab	oklab(38.72% 0.0697 -0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(38.72% 0.141 299.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.3529, 5.1157, 22.0157)
Luminance	0.0512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512B83 #5D832B

analogous

#2B3183 #512B83 #7D2B83

triadic

#512B83 #83512B #2B8351

tetradic

#512B83 #832B31 #5D832B #2B837D

square

#512B83 #832B31 #5D832B #2B837D

split-complementary

#512B83 #837D2B #31832B

monochromatic

#180D27 #351C55 #512B83 #6D3AB1 #8D5ECA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.38

#512B83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#512B83 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512B83

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512B83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512B83	1.00	10.38	2.02	10.38
#FFFFFF	10.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004086

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#463F53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512b83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 43, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.141 299.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8667a8',
    500: '#512b83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512b83;
$custom-light: #8667a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512b83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.909,
    "s": 50.575,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38717,
    "c": 0.14122,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512B83

secondary

#8BB05A

accent

#DA4E9D

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #512B83

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

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