#512F85#512F85

#512F85 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.138 H 298.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512F85
RGB	rgb(81, 47, 133)
HSL	hsl(264, 48%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(264, 65%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.1%, 64.7%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.05, 34.97, -42.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.05, 55.27, 309.25°)
OKLab	oklab(39.48% 0.0647 -0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(39.48% 0.138 298)
XYZ	xyz(8.6424, 5.4757, 22.7873)
Luminance	0.0548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512F85 #63852F

analogous

#2F3885 #512F85 #7C2F85

triadic

#512F85 #85512F #2F8551

tetradic

#512F85 #852F38 #63852F #2F857C

square

#512F85 #852F38 #63852F #2F857C

split-complementary

#512F85 #857C2F #38852F

monochromatic

#1A0F2B #351F58 #512F85 #6D3FB2 #8D66C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.02

#512F85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#512F85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512F85

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512F85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512F85	1.00	10.02	2.10	10.02
#FFFFFF	10.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004288

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#044183

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#454255

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512f85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 47, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.138 298.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8669a9',
    500: '#512f85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512f85;
$custom-light: #8669a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512f85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.721,
    "s": 47.778,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39479,
    "c": 0.1379,
    "h": 298
  },
  "luminance": 0.05476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512F85

secondary

#90B060

accent

#D750A2

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #512F85

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

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