#512B8A#512B8A

#512B8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.150 H 297.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512B8A
RGB	rgb(81, 43, 138)
HSL	hsl(264, 52%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(264, 69%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 68.8%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.61, 38.61, -46.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.61, 60.54, 309.63°)
OKLab	oklab(39.28% 0.0689 -0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(39.28% 0.15 297.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.8435, 5.3119, 24.5992)
Luminance	0.0531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512B8A #648A2B

analogous

#2B348A #512B8A #802B8A

triadic

#512B8A #8A512B #2B8A51

tetradic

#512B8A #8A2B34 #648A2B #2B8A80

square

#512B8A #8A2B34 #648A2B #2B8A80

split-complementary

#512B8A #8A802B #348A2B

monochromatic

#1A0E2D #361C5B #512B8A #6C3AB9 #8D61CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.18

#512B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#512B8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512B8A

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512B8A	1.00	10.18	2.06	10.18
#FFFFFF	10.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00418D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004088

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#434157

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 43, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.150 297.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8767ad',
    500: '#512b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512b8a;
$custom-light: #8767ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 52.486,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3928,
    "c": 0.14981,
    "h": 297.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512B8A

secondary

#91B45D

accent

#DC4CA2

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #512B8A

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

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