#512D8F#512D8F

#512D8F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.153 H 295.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512D8F
RGB	rgb(81, 45, 143)
HSL	hsl(262, 52%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(262, 69%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.4%, 68.5%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.40, 38.91, -48.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.40, 62.12, 308.78°)
OKLab	oklab(39.98% 0.0659 -0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(39.98% 0.153 295.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.2883, 5.6091, 26.5746)
Luminance	0.0561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512D8F #6B8F2D

analogous

#2D3A8F #512D8F #822D8F

triadic

#512D8F #8F512D #2D8F51

tetradic

#512D8F #8F2D3A #6B8F2D #2D8F82

square

#512D8F #8F2D3A #6B8F2D #2D8F82

split-complementary

#512D8F #8F822D #3A8F2D

monochromatic

#1C1032 #371E60 #512D8F #6B3CBE #8D67CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.90

#512D8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#512D8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512D8F

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512D8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512D8F	1.00	9.90	2.12	9.90
#FFFFFF	9.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004492

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00428D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41445A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512d8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 45, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.153 295.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8768b1',
    500: '#512d8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512d8f;
$custom-light: #8768b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512d8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.041,
    "s": 52.128,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39978,
    "c": 0.15326,
    "h": 295.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512D8F

secondary

#97B662

accent

#DC4CA7

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #512D8F

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

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