#512D7E#512D7E

#512D7E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.132 H 300.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512D7E
RGB	rgb(81, 45, 126)
HSL	hsl(267, 47%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(267, 64%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 64.3%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.11, 34.19, -39.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.11, 52.56, 310.57°)
OKLab	oklab(38.63% 0.0677 -0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(38.63% 0.132 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.0967, 5.1324, 20.2987)
Luminance	0.0513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512D7E #5A7E2D

analogous

#2D317E #512D7E #792D7E

triadic

#512D7E #7E512D #2D7E51

tetradic

#512D7E #7E2D31 #5A7E2D #2D7E79

square

#512D7E #7E2D31 #5A7E2D #2D7E79

split-complementary

#512D7E #7E792D #317E2D

monochromatic

#170D24 #341D51 #512D7E #6E3DAB #8D5FC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.36

#512D7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#512D7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512D7E

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512D7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512D7E	1.00	10.36	2.03	10.36
#FFFFFF	10.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004081

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#10407C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483E51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512d7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 45, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.132 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8568a4',
    500: '#512d7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512d7e;
$custom-light: #8568a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512d7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.667,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38634,
    "c": 0.13203,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512D7E

secondary

#88AC5A

accent

#D7519B

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B060F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #512D7E

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

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