#512C8A#512C8A

#512C8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.148 H 297.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512C8A
RGB	rgb(81, 44, 138)
HSL	hsl(264, 52%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(264, 68%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 68.1%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.81, 38.06, -46.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.81, 59.94, 309.42°)
OKLab	oklab(39.42% 0.0677 -0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(39.42% 0.148 297.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.8803, 5.3855, 24.6115)
Luminance	0.0539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512C8A #658A2C

analogous

#2C368A #512C8A #802C8A

triadic

#512C8A #8A512C #2C8A51

tetradic

#512C8A #8A2C36 #658A2C #2C8A80

square

#512C8A #8A2C36 #658A2C #2C8A80

split-complementary

#512C8A #8A802C #368A2C

monochromatic

#1B0E2D #361D5C #512C8A #6C3BB8 #8D63CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.11

#512C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#512C8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512C8A

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512C8A	1.00	10.11	2.08	10.11
#FFFFFF	10.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00428D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004088

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#434257

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 44, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.148 297.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8768ad',
    500: '#512c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512c8a;
$custom-light: #8768ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.617,
    "s": 51.648,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39424,
    "c": 0.14845,
    "h": 297.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512C8A

secondary

#92B45E

accent

#DB4DA3

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #512C8A

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

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