#512D8D#512D8D

#512D8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.151 H 296.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512D8D
RGB	rgb(81, 45, 141)
HSL	hsl(263, 52%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(263, 68%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 68.1%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.24, 38.35, -47.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.24, 61.01, 308.94°)
OKLab	oklab(39.81% 0.0662 -0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(39.81% 0.151 296)
XYZ	xyz(9.1382, 5.5490, 25.7837)
Luminance	0.0555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512D8D #698D2D

analogous

#2D398D #512D8D #812D8D

triadic

#512D8D #8D512D #2D8D51

tetradic

#512D8D #8D2D39 #698D2D #2D8D81

square

#512D8D #8D2D39 #698D2D #2D8D81

split-complementary

#512D8D #8D812D #398D2D

monochromatic

#1C0F30 #361E5F #512D8D #6C3CBB #8D66CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.95

#512D8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#512D8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512D8D

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512D8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512D8D	1.00	9.95	2.11	9.95
#FFFFFF	9.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004390

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00418B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#424459

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512d8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 45, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.151 296.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8768af',
    500: '#512d8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512d8d;
$custom-light: #8768af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512d8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.5,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39814,
    "c": 0.15079,
    "h": 296
  },
  "luminance": 0.05549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512D8D

secondary

#95B561

accent

#DB4DA6

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #512D8D

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

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