#512D84#512D84

#512D84 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.140 H 298.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512D84
RGB	rgb(81, 45, 132)
HSL	hsl(265, 49%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(265, 66%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 65.9%, 0%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.55, 35.84, -42.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.55, 55.96, 309.82°)
OKLab	oklab(39.09% 0.0672 -0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(39.09% 0.14 298.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.4955, 5.2919, 22.3992)
Luminance	0.0529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512D84 #60842D

analogous

#2D3484 #512D84 #7D2D84

triadic

#512D84 #84512D #2D8451

tetradic

#512D84 #842D34 #60842D #2D847D

square

#512D84 #842D34 #60842D #2D847D

split-complementary

#512D84 #847D2D #34842D

monochromatic

#190E29 #351D56 #512D84 #6D3DB2 #8D62C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.20

#512D84 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#512D84 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512D84

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512D84	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512D84	1.00	10.20	2.06	10.20
#FFFFFF	10.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004187

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#014082

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#454054

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512d84;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 45, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.140 298.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8668a8',
    500: '#512d84',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512d84;
$custom-light: #8668a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512d84",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.828,
    "s": 49.153,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39094,
    "c": 0.13957,
    "h": 298.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512D84

secondary

#8EB05D

accent

#D94FA0

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #512D84

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

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