#512B84#512B84

#512B84 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.142 H 299.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512B84
RGB	rgb(81, 43, 132)
HSL	hsl(266, 51%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(266, 67%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 67.4%, 0%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.14, 36.96, -43.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.14, 57.19, 310.26°)
OKLab	oklab(38.8% 0.0696 -0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(38.8% 0.142 299.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.4210, 5.1429, 22.3743)
Luminance	0.0514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512B84 #5E842B

analogous

#2B3284 #512B84 #7E2B84

triadic

#512B84 #84512B #2B8451

tetradic

#512B84 #842B32 #5E842B #2B847E

square

#512B84 #842B32 #5E842B #2B847E

split-complementary

#512B84 #847E2B #32842B

monochromatic

#180D28 #351C56 #512B84 #6D3AB2 #8D5FCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.35

#512B84 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#512B84 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512B84

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512B84	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512B84	1.00	10.35	2.03	10.35
#FFFFFF	10.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004087

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453F53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512b84;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 43, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.142 299.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8667a8',
    500: '#512b84',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512b84;
$custom-light: #8667a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512b84",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.618,
    "s": 50.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38797,
    "c": 0.14245,
    "h": 299.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512B84

secondary

#8CB15A

accent

#DA4D9E

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #512B84

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

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