#512C7D#512C7D

#512C7D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.132 H 301.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512C7D
RGB	rgb(81, 44, 125)
HSL	hsl(267, 48%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(267, 65%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 64.8%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.82, 34.49, -39.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.82, 52.63, 310.94°)
OKLab	oklab(38.4% 0.069 -0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(38.4% 0.132 301.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.9948, 5.0313, 19.9480)
Luminance	0.0503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512C7D #587D2C

analogous

#2C307D #512C7D #792C7D

triadic

#512C7D #7D512C #2C7D51

tetradic

#512C7D #7D2C30 #587D2C #2C7D79

square

#512C7D #7D2C30 #587D2C #2C7D79

split-complementary

#512C7D #7D792C #307D2C

monochromatic

#160C22 #341C50 #512C7D #6E3CAA #8D5DC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.47

#512C7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#512C7D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512C7D

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512C7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512C7D	1.00	10.47	2.01	10.47
#FFFFFF	10.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#103F7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483D50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512c7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 44, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.132 301.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8567a3',
    500: '#512c7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512c7d;
$custom-light: #8567a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512c7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.407,
    "s": 47.929,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38404,
    "c": 0.13228,
    "h": 301.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512C7D

secondary

#86AC59

accent

#D8509A

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B060F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #512C7D

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

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