#512D8A#512D8A

#512D8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.147 H 296.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512D8A
RGB	rgb(81, 45, 138)
HSL	hsl(263, 51%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(263, 67%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 67.4%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.01, 37.51, -45.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.01, 59.33, 309.21°)
OKLab	oklab(39.57% 0.0666 -0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(39.57% 0.147 296.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.9180, 5.4609, 24.6240)
Luminance	0.0546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512D8A #668A2D

analogous

#2D378A #512D8A #7F2D8A

triadic

#512D8A #8A512D #2D8A51

tetradic

#512D8A #8A2D37 #668A2D #2D8A7F

square

#512D8A #8A2D37 #668A2D #2D8A7F

split-complementary

#512D8A #8A7F2D #378A2D

monochromatic

#1B0F2E #361E5C #512D8A #6C3CB8 #8D65CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.04

#512D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#512D8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512D8A

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512D8A	1.00	10.04	2.09	10.04
#FFFFFF	10.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00428D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004188

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#434357

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 45, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.147 296.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8768ad',
    500: '#512d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512d8a;
$custom-light: #8768ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.226,
    "s": 50.82,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3957,
    "c": 0.14707,
    "h": 296.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512D8A

secondary

#93B360

accent

#DA4DA4

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #512D8A

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

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