#512E87#512E87

#512E87 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.142 H 297.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512E87
RGB	rgb(81, 46, 135)
HSL	hsl(264, 49%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(264, 66%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 65.9%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.99, 36.10, -44.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.99, 57.03, 309.28°)
OKLab	oklab(39.48% 0.0657 -0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(39.48% 0.142 297.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.7424, 5.4525, 23.5088)
Luminance	0.0545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512E87 #64872E

analogous

#2E3787 #512E87 #7D2E87

triadic

#512E87 #87512E #2E8751

tetradic

#512E87 #872E37 #64872E #2E877D

square

#512E87 #872E37 #64872E #2E877D

split-complementary

#512E87 #877D2E #37872E

monochromatic

#1A0F2C #361E59 #512E87 #6C3EB5 #8D65CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.04

#512E87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#512E87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512E87

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512E87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512E87	1.00	10.04	2.09	10.04
#FFFFFF	10.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00428A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004185

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#444256

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512e87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 46, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.142 297.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8669ab',
    500: '#512e87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512e87;
$custom-light: #8669ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512e87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.596,
    "s": 49.171,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39481,
    "c": 0.1419,
    "h": 297.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512E87

secondary

#91B160

accent

#D94FA3

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #512E87

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

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