#512C4E#512C4E

#512C4E is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.075 H 330.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512C4E
RGB	rgb(81, 44, 78)
HSL	hsl(305, 30%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(305, 46%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.7%, 3.7%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.00, 22.93, -13.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.00, 26.73, 329.08°)
OKLab	oklab(35.41% 0.0646 -0.0373)
OKLCH	oklch(35.41% 0.075 330)
XYZ	xyz(5.6691, 4.1010, 7.6992)
Luminance	0.0410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512C4E #2C512F

analogous

#422C51 #512C4E #512C3C

triadic

#512C4E #4E512C #2C4E51

tetradic

#512C4E #51422C #2C512F #2C3C51

square

#512C4E #51422C #2C512F #2C3C51

split-complementary

#512C4E #3C512C #2C5142

monochromatic

#140B13 #291628 #512C4E #794274 #A0579A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.54

#512C4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#512C4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512C4E

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512C4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512C4E	1.00	11.54	1.82	11.54
#FFFFFF	11.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A364F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#343B4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#542F39

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512c4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 44, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.075 330.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83667f',
    500: '#512c4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512c4e;
$custom-light: #83667f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512c4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.865,
    "s": 29.6,
    "l": 24.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35413,
    "c": 0.07461,
    "h": 330
  },
  "luminance": 0.04101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512C4E

secondary

#56835A

accent

#C66A62

background

#F8F6F7

surface

#EFEBEE

border

#CAC6C9

text

#0B060A

muted

#7C7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #512C4E

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

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