#512D85#512D85

#512D85 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.141 H 298.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512D85
RGB	rgb(81, 45, 133)
HSL	hsl(265, 49%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(265, 66%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.1%, 66.2%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.63, 36.12, -43.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.63, 56.52, 309.71°)
OKLab	oklab(39.17% 0.0671 -0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(39.17% 0.141 298.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.5643, 5.3194, 22.7613)
Luminance	0.0532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512D85 #61852D

analogous

#2D3585 #512D85 #7D2D85

triadic

#512D85 #85512D #2D8551

tetradic

#512D85 #852D35 #61852D #2D857D

square

#512D85 #852D35 #61852D #2D857D

split-complementary

#512D85 #857D2D #35852D

monochromatic

#190E2A #351E57 #512D85 #6D3CB3 #8D62CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.17

#512D85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#512D85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512D85

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512D85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512D85	1.00	10.17	2.06	10.17
#FFFFFF	10.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004188

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004083

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#454155

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512d85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 45, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.141 298.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8668a9',
    500: '#512d85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512d85;
$custom-light: #8668a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512d85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.545,
    "s": 49.438,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39173,
    "c": 0.14083,
    "h": 298.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512D85

secondary

#8EB05D

accent

#D94FA0

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #512D85

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

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