#512E83#512E83

#512E83 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.137 H 298.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512E83
RGB	rgb(81, 46, 131)
HSL	hsl(265, 48%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(265, 65%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.2%, 64.9%, 0%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.69, 34.99, -42.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.69, 54.77, 309.71°)
OKLab	oklab(39.17% 0.0661 -0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(39.17% 0.137 298.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.4660, 5.3419, 22.0534)
Luminance	0.0534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512E83 #60832E

analogous

#2E3583 #512E83 #7C2E83

triadic

#512E83 #83512E #2E8351

tetradic

#512E83 #832E35 #60832E #2E837C

square

#512E83 #832E35 #60832E #2E837C

split-complementary

#512E83 #837C2E #35832E

monochromatic

#190E28 #351E56 #512E83 #6D3EB0 #8D63C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.15

#512E83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#512E83 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512E83

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512E83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512E83	1.00	10.15	2.07	10.15
#FFFFFF	10.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004186

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#074181

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#464154

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512e83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 46, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.137 298.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8669a8',
    500: '#512e83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512e83;
$custom-light: #8669a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512e83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.706,
    "s": 48.023,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3917,
    "c": 0.13685,
    "h": 298.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512E83

secondary

#8EAF5E

accent

#D850A0

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #512E83

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

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