#512D4E#512D4E

#512D4E is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.073 H 330.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512D4E
RGB	rgb(81, 45, 78)
HSL	hsl(305, 29%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(305, 44%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.4%, 3.7%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.25, 22.31, -13.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.25, 26.01, 329.09°)
OKLab	oklab(35.6% 0.0629 -0.0363)
OKLCH	oklch(35.6% 0.073 330)
XYZ	xyz(5.7068, 4.1764, 7.7118)
Luminance	0.0418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512D4E #2D5130

analogous

#422D51 #512D4E #512D3C

triadic

#512D4E #4E512D #2D4E51

tetradic

#512D4E #51422D #2D5130 #2D3C51

square

#512D4E #51422D #2D5130 #2D3C51

split-complementary

#512D4E #3C512D #2D5142

monochromatic

#140B13 #2A1728 #512D4E #784374 #A0599A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.44

#512D4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#512D4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512D4E

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512D4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512D4E	1.00	11.44	1.84	11.44
#FFFFFF	11.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B374F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#353B4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54303A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512d4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 45, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.073 330.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83677f',
    500: '#512d4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512d4e;
$custom-light: #83677f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512d4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305,
    "s": 28.571,
    "l": 24.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35596,
    "c": 0.07256,
    "h": 330
  },
  "luminance": 0.04176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512D4E

secondary

#57835B

accent

#C56B63

background

#F8F6F7

surface

#EFEBEE

border

#CAC6C9

text

#0B060A

muted

#7C7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #512D4E

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

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