#512C85#512C85

#512C85 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.142 H 298.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512C85
RGB	rgb(81, 44, 133)
HSL	hsl(265, 50%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(265, 67%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.1%, 66.9%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.42, 36.68, -43.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.42, 57.14, 309.93°)
OKLab	oklab(39.02% 0.0683 -0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(39.02% 0.142 298.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.5266, 5.2440, 22.7487)
Luminance	0.0524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512C85 #60852C

analogous

#2C3485 #512C85 #7E2C85

triadic

#512C85 #85512C #2C8551

tetradic

#512C85 #852C34 #60852C #2C857E

square

#512C85 #852C34 #60852C #2C857E

split-complementary

#512C85 #857E2C #34852C

monochromatic

#190E29 #351D57 #512C85 #6D3BB3 #8D61CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.25

#512C85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#512C85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512C85

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512C85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512C85	1.00	10.25	2.05	10.25
#FFFFFF	10.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004188

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004083

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#454054

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512c85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 44, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.142 298.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8667a9',
    500: '#512c85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512c85;
$custom-light: #8667a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512c85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.944,
    "s": 50.282,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39023,
    "c": 0.14226,
    "h": 298.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512C85

secondary

#8EB15C

accent

#DA4EA0

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #512C85

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

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