#512B87#512B87

#512B87 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.146 H 298.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512B87
RGB	rgb(81, 43, 135)
HSL	hsl(265, 52%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(265, 68%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 68.1%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.37, 37.79, -45.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.37, 58.87, 309.93°)
OKLab	oklab(39.04% 0.0693 -0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(39.04% 0.146 298.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.6293, 5.2262, 23.4711)
Luminance	0.0523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512B87 #61872B

analogous

#2B3387 #512B87 #7F2B87

triadic

#512B87 #87512B #2B8751

tetradic

#512B87 #872B33 #61872B #2B877F

square

#512B87 #872B33 #61872B #2B877F

split-complementary

#512B87 #877F2B #33872B

monochromatic

#190D2A #351C59 #512B87 #6D3AB5 #8D60CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.27

#512B87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#512B87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512B87

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512B87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512B87	1.00	10.27	2.05	10.27
#FFFFFF	10.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00418A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004085

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#444055

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512b87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 43, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.146 298.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8667ab',
    500: '#512b87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512b87;
$custom-light: #8667ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512b87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.783,
    "s": 51.685,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39036,
    "c": 0.14614,
    "h": 298.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512B87

secondary

#8EB25B

accent

#DB4DA0

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #512B87

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

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