#512E85#512E85

#512E85 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.139 H 298.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512E85
RGB	rgb(81, 46, 133)
HSL	hsl(264, 49%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(264, 65%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.1%, 65.4%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.84, 35.54, -43.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.84, 55.90, 309.49°)
OKLab	oklab(39.32% 0.0659 -0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(39.32% 0.139 298.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.6029, 5.3967, 22.7742)
Luminance	0.0540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512E85 #62852E

analogous

#2E3785 #512E85 #7C2E85

triadic

#512E85 #85512E #2E8551

tetradic

#512E85 #852E37 #62852E #2E857C

square

#512E85 #852E37 #62852E #2E857C

split-complementary

#512E85 #857C2E #37852E

monochromatic

#1A0F2A #351E58 #512E85 #6D3EB2 #8D64C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.10

#512E85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#512E85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512E85

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512E85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512E85	1.00	10.10	2.08	10.10
#FFFFFF	10.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004288

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#014183

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#454155

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512e85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 46, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.139 298.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8669a9',
    500: '#512e85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512e85;
$custom-light: #8669a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512e85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.138,
    "s": 48.603,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39325,
    "c": 0.13937,
    "h": 298.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512E85

secondary

#8FB05F

accent

#D850A1

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #512E85

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →