#512F87#512F87

#512F87 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.140 H 297.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512F87
RGB	rgb(81, 47, 135)
HSL	hsl(263, 48%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(263, 65%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 65.2%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.20, 35.53, -43.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.20, 56.40, 309.05°)
OKLab	oklab(39.63% 0.0645 -0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(39.63% 0.14 297.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.7819, 5.5315, 23.5220)
Luminance	0.0553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.75

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512F87 #65872F

analogous

#2F3987 #512F87 #7D2F87

triadic

#512F87 #87512F #2F8751

tetradic

#512F87 #872F39 #65872F #2F877D

square

#512F87 #872F39 #65872F #2F877D

split-complementary

#512F87 #877D2F #39872F

monochromatic

#1B0F2C #361F5A #512F87 #6C3FB4 #8D66CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.97

#512F87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#512F87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512F87

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512F87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512F87	1.00	9.97	2.11	9.97
#FFFFFF	9.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00438A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004185

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#444356

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512f87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 47, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.140 297.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8669ab',
    500: '#512f87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512f87;
$custom-light: #8669ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512f87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.182,
    "s": 48.352,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39634,
    "c": 0.14045,
    "h": 297.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512F87

secondary

#92B161

accent

#D850A3

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #512F87

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

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