#512D7A#512D7A

#512D7A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.127 H 302.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512D7A
RGB	rgb(81, 45, 122)
HSL	hsl(268, 46%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(268, 63%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 63.1%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.82, 33.10, -37.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.82, 50.29, 311.16°)
OKLab	oklab(38.34% 0.0679 -0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(38.34% 0.127 302.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.8438, 5.0312, 18.9665)
Luminance	0.0503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512D7A #567A2D

analogous

#2D2F7A #512D7A #772D7A

triadic

#512D7A #7A512D #2D7A51

tetradic

#512D7A #7A2D2F #567A2D #2D7A77

square

#512D7A #7A2D2F #567A2D #2D7A77

split-complementary

#512D7A #7A772D #2F7A2D

monochromatic

#160C21 #331D4D #512D7A #6F3DA7 #8D5EC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.47

#512D7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#512D7A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512D7A

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512D7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512D7A	1.00	10.47	2.01	10.47
#FFFFFF	10.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#013F7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#173F78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493D4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512d7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 45, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.127 302.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8568a1',
    500: '#512d7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512d7a;
$custom-light: #8568a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512d7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.052,
    "s": 46.108,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38335,
    "c": 0.12695,
    "h": 302.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512D7A

secondary

#84AA59

accent

#D65298

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF3

border

#CAC6CD

text

#0B060F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #512D7A

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

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