#512D80#512D80

#512D80 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.135 H 300.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512D80
RGB	rgb(81, 45, 128)
HSL	hsl(266, 48%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(266, 65%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.7%, 64.8%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.25, 34.74, -40.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.25, 53.70, 310.31°)
OKLab	oklab(38.79% 0.0676 -0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(38.79% 0.135 300.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.2271, 5.1846, 20.9852)
Luminance	0.0519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512D80 #5C802D

analogous

#2D3380 #512D80 #7B2D80

triadic

#512D80 #80512D #2D8051

tetradic

#512D80 #802D33 #5C802D #2D807B

square

#512D80 #802D33 #5C802D #2D807B

split-complementary

#512D80 #807B2D #33802D

monochromatic

#180D25 #341D53 #512D80 #6E3DAD #8D60C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.31

#512D80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#512D80 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512D80

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512D80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512D80	1.00	10.31	2.04	10.31
#FFFFFF	10.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004083

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0C407E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#473F52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512d80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 45, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.135 300.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8668a5',
    500: '#512d80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512d80;
$custom-light: #8668a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512d80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.024,
    "s": 47.977,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38786,
    "c": 0.13455,
    "h": 300.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512D80

secondary

#8AAE5B

accent

#D8509D

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B060F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #512D80

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

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