#512E7D#512E7D

#512E7D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.129 H 300.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512E7D
RGB	rgb(81, 46, 125)
HSL	hsl(267, 46%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(267, 63%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 63.2%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.25, 33.34, -39.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.25, 51.36, 310.48°)
OKLab	oklab(38.71% 0.0664 -0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(38.71% 0.129 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.0711, 5.1839, 19.9734)
Luminance	0.0518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512E7D #5A7D2E

analogous

#2E327D #512E7D #782E7D

triadic

#512E7D #7D512E #2E7D51

tetradic

#512E7D #7D2E32 #5A7D2E #2E7D78

square

#512E7D #7D2E32 #5A7D2E #2E7D78

split-complementary

#512E7D #7D782E #327D2E

monochromatic

#170D24 #341E50 #512E7D #6E3EAA #8D61C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.31

#512E7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#512E7D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512E7D

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512E7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512E7D	1.00	10.31	2.04	10.31
#FFFFFF	10.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004080

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#14407B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483F51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512e7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 46, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.129 300.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8569a3',
    500: '#512e7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512e7d;
$custom-light: #8569a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512e7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.582,
    "s": 46.199,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38715,
    "c": 0.12922,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512E7D

secondary

#88AB5B

accent

#D6529B

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B060F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #512E7D

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

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