#512F84#512F84

#512F84 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.137 H 298.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512F84
RGB	rgb(81, 47, 132)
HSL	hsl(264, 47%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(264, 64%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 64.4%, 0%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.98, 34.69, -42.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.98, 54.70, 309.36°)
OKLab	oklab(39.4% 0.0648 -0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(39.4% 0.137 298.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.5737, 5.4482, 22.4252)
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

#512F84 #62842F

analogous

#2F3784 #512F84 #7B2F84

triadic

#512F84 #84512F #2F8451

tetradic

#512F84 #842F37 #62842F #2F847B

square

#512F84 #842F37 #62842F #2F847B

split-complementary

#512F84 #847B2F #37842F

monochromatic

#1A0F2A #351F57 #512F84 #6D3FB1 #8D65C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.05

#512F84 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#512F84 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512F84

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512F84	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512F84	1.00	10.05	2.09	10.05
#FFFFFF	10.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004287

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#074182

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#454255

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512f84;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 47, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.137 298.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8669a8',
    500: '#512f84',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512f84;
$custom-light: #8669a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512f84",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 47.486,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39402,
    "c": 0.13664,
    "h": 298.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512F84

secondary

#8FAF60

accent

#D751A1

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #512F84

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

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