#512C83#512C83

#512C83 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.140 H 299.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512C83
RGB	rgb(81, 44, 131)
HSL	hsl(266, 50%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(266, 66%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.2%, 66.4%, 0%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.27, 36.13, -42.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.27, 56.02, 310.16°)
OKLab	oklab(38.87% 0.0685 -0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(38.87% 0.14 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.3897, 5.1893, 22.0280)
Luminance	0.0519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512C83 #5E832C

analogous

#2C3383 #512C83 #7D2C83

triadic

#512C83 #83512C #2C8351

tetradic

#512C83 #832C33 #5E832C #2C837D

square

#512C83 #832C33 #5E832C #2C837D

split-complementary

#512C83 #837D2C #33832C

monochromatic

#180D27 #351D55 #512C83 #6D3BB1 #8D60CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.31

#512C83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#512C83 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512C83

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512C83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512C83	1.00	10.31	2.04	10.31
#FFFFFF	10.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004086

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#014081

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#464053

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512c83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 44, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.140 299.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8667a8',
    500: '#512c83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512c83;
$custom-light: #8667a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512c83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.517,
    "s": 49.714,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38866,
    "c": 0.13978,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512C83

secondary

#8CB05B

accent

#D94F9E

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #512C83

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

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