#512D87#512D87

#512D87 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.143 H 297.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512D87
RGB	rgb(81, 45, 135)
HSL	hsl(264, 50%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(264, 67%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 66.7%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.78, 36.67, -44.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.78, 57.65, 309.50°)
OKLab	oklab(39.33% 0.0669 -0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(39.33% 0.143 297.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.7038, 5.3752, 23.4959)
Luminance	0.0537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512D87 #63872D

analogous

#2D3687 #512D87 #7E2D87

triadic

#512D87 #87512D #2D8751

tetradic

#512D87 #872D36 #63872D #2D877E

square

#512D87 #872D36 #63872D #2D877E

split-complementary

#512D87 #877E2D #36872D

monochromatic

#1A0E2B #351E59 #512D87 #6D3CB5 #8D63CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.12

#512D87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#512D87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512D87

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512D87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512D87	1.00	10.12	2.08	10.12
#FFFFFF	10.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00428A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004185

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#444256

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512d87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 45, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.143 297.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8668ab',
    500: '#512d87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512d87;
$custom-light: #8668ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512d87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39331,
    "c": 0.14334,
    "h": 297.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512D87

secondary

#90B25E

accent

#DA4EA2

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #512D87

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

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