#512D82#512D82

#512D82 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.137 H 299.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512D82
RGB	rgb(81, 45, 130)
HSL	hsl(265, 49%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(265, 65%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.7%, 65.4%, 0%, 49%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.40, 35.29, -41.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.40, 54.83, 310.06°)
OKLab	oklab(38.94% 0.0674 -0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(38.94% 0.137 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.3600, 5.2377, 21.6853)
Luminance	0.0524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512D82 #5E822D

analogous

#2D3482 #512D82 #7C2D82

triadic

#512D82 #82512D #2D8251

tetradic

#512D82 #822D34 #5E822D #2D827C

square

#512D82 #822D34 #5E822D #2D827C

split-complementary

#512D82 #827C2D #34822D

monochromatic

#180E27 #351D55 #512D82 #6D3DAF #8D61C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.26

#512D82 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#512D82 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512D82

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512D82	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512D82	1.00	10.26	2.05	10.26
#FFFFFF	10.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004185

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#064080

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#464053

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512d82;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 45, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.137 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8668a7',
    500: '#512d82',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512d82;
$custom-light: #8668a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512d82",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.412,
    "s": 48.571,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38939,
    "c": 0.13706,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512D82

secondary

#8CAF5C

accent

#D8509E

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B060F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #512D82

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

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