#512E84#512E84

#512E84 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.138 H 298.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512E84
RGB	rgb(81, 46, 132)
HSL	hsl(264, 48%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(264, 65%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 65.2%, 0%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.76, 35.27, -42.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.76, 55.33, 309.60°)
OKLab	oklab(39.25% 0.066 -0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(39.25% 0.138 298.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.5341, 5.3692, 22.4120)
Luminance	0.0537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512E84 #61842E

analogous

#2E3684 #512E84 #7C2E84

triadic

#512E84 #84512E #2E8451

tetradic

#512E84 #842E36 #61842E #2E847C

square

#512E84 #842E36 #61842E #2E847C

split-complementary

#512E84 #847C2E #36842E

monochromatic

#190E29 #351E57 #512E84 #6D3EB1 #8D64C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.13

#512E84 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#512E84 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512E84

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512E84	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512E84	1.00	10.13	2.07	10.13
#FFFFFF	10.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004287

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#044182

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#454154

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512e84;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 46, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.138 298.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8669a8',
    500: '#512e84',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512e84;
$custom-light: #8669a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512e84",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.419,
    "s": 48.315,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39247,
    "c": 0.13811,
    "h": 298.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512E84

secondary

#8EB05E

accent

#D850A1

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #512E84

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

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