#512C81#512C81

#512C81 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.137 H 300.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512C81
RGB	rgb(81, 44, 129)
HSL	hsl(266, 49%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(266, 66%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.2%, 65.9%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.12, 35.58, -41.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.12, 54.89, 310.40°)
OKLab	oklab(38.71% 0.0687 -0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(38.71% 0.137 300)
XYZ	xyz(8.2555, 5.1356, 21.3210)
Luminance	0.0514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512C81 #5C812C

analogous

#2C3281 #512C81 #7C2C81

triadic

#512C81 #81512C #2C8151

tetradic

#512C81 #812C32 #5C812C #2C817C

square

#512C81 #812C32 #5C812C #2C817C

split-complementary

#512C81 #817C2C #32812C

monochromatic

#180D26 #341C53 #512C81 #6E3CAF #8D5FC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.36

#512C81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#512C81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512C81

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512C81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512C81	1.00	10.36	2.03	10.36
#FFFFFF	10.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004084

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#063F7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#473F52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512c81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 44, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.137 300.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8667a6',
    500: '#512c81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512c81;
$custom-light: #8667a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512c81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.118,
    "s": 49.133,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3871,
    "c": 0.13728,
    "h": 300
  },
  "luminance": 0.05136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512C81

secondary

#8AAF5A

accent

#D94F9D

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B060F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #512C81

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

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