#512B85#512B85

#512B85 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.144 H 298.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512B85
RGB	rgb(81, 43, 133)
HSL	hsl(265, 51%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(265, 68%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.1%, 67.7%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.21, 37.24, -44.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.21, 57.75, 310.15°)
OKLab	oklab(38.88% 0.0695 -0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(38.88% 0.144 298.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.4898, 5.1704, 22.7365)
Luminance	0.0517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512B85 #5F852B

analogous

#2B3285 #512B85 #7E2B85

triadic

#512B85 #85512B #2B8551

tetradic

#512B85 #852B32 #5F852B #2B857E

square

#512B85 #852B32 #5F852B #2B857E

split-complementary

#512B85 #857E2B #32852B

monochromatic

#190D29 #351C57 #512B85 #6D3AB3 #8D5FCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.32

#512B85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#512B85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512B85

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512B85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512B85	1.00	10.32	2.03	10.32
#FFFFFF	10.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004088

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#454054

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512b85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 43, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.144 298.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8667a9',
    500: '#512b85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512b85;
$custom-light: #8667a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512b85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.333,
    "s": 51.136,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38876,
    "c": 0.14368,
    "h": 298.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512B85

secondary

#8DB15B

accent

#DB4D9F

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #512B85

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

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