#512D83#512D83

#512D83 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.138 H 299.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512D83
RGB	rgb(81, 45, 131)
HSL	hsl(265, 49%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(265, 66%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.2%, 65.6%, 0%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.48, 35.56, -42.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.48, 55.39, 309.94°)
OKLab	oklab(39.02% 0.0673 -0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(39.02% 0.138 299.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.4274, 5.2647, 22.0405)
Luminance	0.0527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512D83 #5F832D

analogous

#2D3483 #512D83 #7C2D83

triadic

#512D83 #83512D #2D8351

tetradic

#512D83 #832D34 #5F832D #2D837C

square

#512D83 #832D34 #5F832D #2D837C

split-complementary

#512D83 #837C2D #34832D

monochromatic

#190E28 #351D55 #512D83 #6D3DB1 #8D62C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.23

#512D83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#512D83 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512D83

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512D83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512D83	1.00	10.23	2.05	10.23
#FFFFFF	10.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004186

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#044081

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#464053

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512d83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 45, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.138 299.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8668a8',
    500: '#512d83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512d83;
$custom-light: #8668a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512d83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.116,
    "s": 48.864,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39017,
    "c": 0.13832,
    "h": 299.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512D83

secondary

#8DAF5C

accent

#D84F9F

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #512D83

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

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