#512F79#512F79

#512F79 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.122 H 302.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512F79
RGB	rgb(81, 47, 121)
HSL	hsl(268, 44%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(268, 61%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.1%, 61.2%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.19, 31.66, -36.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.19, 48.42, 310.83°)
OKLab	oklab(38.58% 0.0652 -0.1037)
OKLCH	oklch(38.58% 0.122 302.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.8602, 5.1628, 18.6679)
Luminance	0.0516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512F79 #57792F

analogous

#2F3279 #512F79 #762F79

triadic

#512F79 #79512F #2F7951

tetradic

#512F79 #792F32 #57792F #2F7976

square

#512F79 #792F32 #57792F #2F7976

split-complementary

#512F79 #79762F #32792F

monochromatic

#160D21 #331E4D #512F79 #6F40A5 #8D61C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.33

#512F79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#512F79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512F79

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512F79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512F79	1.00	10.33	2.03	10.33
#FFFFFF	10.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B407B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B4077

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493E4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512f79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 47, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.122 302.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8569a0',
    500: '#512f79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512f79;
$custom-light: #8569a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512f79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.568,
    "s": 44.048,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38583,
    "c": 0.12249,
    "h": 302.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512F79

secondary

#85A85B

accent

#D45499

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B060F

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #512F79

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

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