#512C87#512C87

#512C87 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.145 H 298.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512C87
RGB	rgb(81, 44, 135)
HSL	hsl(264, 51%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(264, 67%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 67.4%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.57, 37.23, -44.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.57, 58.26, 309.72°)
OKLab	oklab(39.18% 0.0681 -0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(39.18% 0.145 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.6661, 5.2998, 23.4834)
Luminance	0.0530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512C87 #62872C

analogous

#2C3487 #512C87 #7F2C87

triadic

#512C87 #87512C #2C8751

tetradic

#512C87 #872C34 #62872C #2C877F

square

#512C87 #872C34 #62872C #2C877F

split-complementary

#512C87 #877F2C #34872C

monochromatic

#1A0E2B #351D59 #512C87 #6D3BB5 #8D62CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.19

#512C87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#512C87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512C87

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512C87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512C87	1.00	10.19	2.06	10.19
#FFFFFF	10.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00418A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004085

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#444155

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512c87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 44, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.145 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8668ab',
    500: '#512c87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512c87;
$custom-light: #8668ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512c87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.396,
    "s": 50.838,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39182,
    "c": 0.14474,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512C87

secondary

#8FB25D

accent

#DA4DA1

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #512C87

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

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