#512F4E#512F4E

#512F4E is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.068 H 330.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512F4E
RGB	rgb(81, 47, 78)
HSL	hsl(305, 27%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(305, 42%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42%, 3.7%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.74, 21.07, -12.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.74, 24.54, 329.12°)
OKLab	oklab(35.97% 0.0593 -0.0341)
OKLCH	oklch(35.97% 0.068 330.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.7849, 4.3327, 7.7378)
Luminance	0.0433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512F4E #2F5132

analogous

#432F51 #512F4E #512F3D

triadic

#512F4E #4E512F #2F4E51

tetradic

#512F4E #51432F #2F5132 #2F3D51

square

#512F4E #51432F #2F5132 #2F3D51

split-complementary

#512F4E #3D512F #2F5143

monochromatic

#130B13 #2A1929 #512F4E #784573 #9E5C99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.25

#512F4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#512F4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512F4E

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512F4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512F4E	1.00	11.25	1.87	11.25
#FFFFFF	11.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E384F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#363C4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53313B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512f4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 47, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.068 330.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83687f',
    500: '#512f4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512f4e;
$custom-light: #83687f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512f4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.294,
    "s": 26.562,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35969,
    "c": 0.06844,
    "h": 330.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512F4E

secondary

#59825D

accent

#C36D65

background

#F8F6F7

surface

#EFEBEE

border

#CAC6C9

text

#0A060A

muted

#7C7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #512F4E

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

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