#512C80#512C80

#512C80 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.136 H 300.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512C80
RGB	rgb(81, 44, 128)
HSL	hsl(266, 49%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(266, 66%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.7%, 65.6%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.04, 35.31, -41.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.04, 54.33, 310.53°)
OKLab	oklab(38.63% 0.0688 -0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(38.63% 0.136 300.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.1894, 5.1091, 20.9726)
Luminance	0.0511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512C80 #5B802C

analogous

#2C3180 #512C80 #7B2C80

triadic

#512C80 #80512C #2C8051

tetradic

#512C80 #802C31 #5B802C #2C807B

square

#512C80 #802C31 #5B802C #2C807B

split-complementary

#512C80 #807B2C #31802C

monochromatic

#170D25 #341C52 #512C80 #6E3CAE #8D5FC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.39

#512C80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#512C80 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512C80

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512C80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512C80	1.00	10.39	2.02	10.39
#FFFFFF	10.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004083

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#093F7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#473E52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512c80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 44, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.136 300.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8667a5',
    500: '#512c80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512c80;
$custom-light: #8667a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512c80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.429,
    "s": 48.837,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38633,
    "c": 0.13604,
    "h": 300.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512C80

secondary

#89AE5A

accent

#D84F9C

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B060F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #512C80

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

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