#512E4E#512E4E

#512E4E is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.071 H 330.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512E4E
RGB	rgb(81, 46, 78)
HSL	hsl(305, 28%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(305, 43%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.2%, 3.7%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.49, 21.69, -12.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.49, 25.28, 329.10°)
OKLab	oklab(35.78% 0.0611 -0.0352)
OKLCH	oklch(35.78% 0.071 330)
XYZ	xyz(5.7454, 4.2537, 7.7247)
Luminance	0.0425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512E4E #2E5131

analogous

#432E51 #512E4E #512E3D

triadic

#512E4E #4E512E #2E4E51

tetradic

#512E4E #51432E #2E5131 #2E3D51

square

#512E4E #51432E #2E5131 #2E3D51

split-complementary

#512E4E #3D512E #2E5143

monochromatic

#140B13 #2A1828 #512E4E #784474 #9F5A99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.35

#512E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#512E4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512E4E

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512E4E	1.00	11.35	1.85	11.35
#FFFFFF	11.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C374F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#363C4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54313A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 46, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.071 330.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83677f',
    500: '#512e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512e4e;
$custom-light: #83677f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.143,
    "s": 27.559,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35781,
    "c": 0.07051,
    "h": 330
  },
  "luminance": 0.04253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512E4E

secondary

#58835C

accent

#C46C64

background

#F8F6F7

surface

#EFEBEE

border

#CAC6C9

text

#0A060A

muted

#7C7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #512E4E

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

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