#512F7B#512F7B

#512F7B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.125 H 301.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512F7B
RGB	rgb(81, 47, 123)
HSL	hsl(267, 45%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(267, 62%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 61.8%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.33, 32.20, -37.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.33, 49.57, 310.52°)
OKLab	oklab(38.73% 0.0652 -0.1067)
OKLCH	oklch(38.73% 0.125 301.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.9842, 5.2124, 19.3205)
Luminance	0.0521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512F7B #597B2F

analogous

#2F337B #512F7B #772F7B

triadic

#512F7B #7B512F #2F7B51

tetradic

#512F7B #7B2F33 #597B2F #2F7B77

square

#512F7B #7B2F33 #597B2F #2F7B77

split-complementary

#512F7B #7B772F #337B2F

monochromatic

#170D22 #341E4F #512F7B #6E40A7 #8D62C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.28

#512F7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#512F7B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512F7B

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512F7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512F7B	1.00	10.28	2.04	10.28
#FFFFFF	10.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#06407D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#194079

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493F50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512f7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 47, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.125 301.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8569a2',
    500: '#512f7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512f7b;
$custom-light: #8569a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512f7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.842,
    "s": 44.706,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38728,
    "c": 0.12508,
    "h": 301.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512F7B

secondary

#87AA5C

accent

#D4539B

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF3

border

#CAC6CD

text

#0B060F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #512F7B

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

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