#512F8D#512F8D

#512F8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.148 H 295.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512F8D
RGB	rgb(81, 47, 141)
HSL	hsl(262, 50%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(262, 67%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 66.7%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.66, 37.22, -46.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.66, 59.79, 308.51°)
OKLab	oklab(40.11% 0.0639 -0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(40.11% 0.148 295.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.2163, 5.7052, 25.8098)
Luminance	0.0570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512F8D #6B8D2F

analogous

#2F3C8D #512F8D #802F8D

triadic

#512F8D #8D512F #2F8D51

tetradic

#512F8D #8D2F3C #6B8D2F #2F8D80

square

#512F8D #8D2F3C #6B8D2F #2F8D80

split-complementary

#512F8D #8D802F #3C8D2F

monochromatic

#1C1031 #37205F #512F8D #6B3EBB #8D69CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.81

#512F8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#512F8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512F8D

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512F8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512F8D	1.00	9.81	2.14	9.81
#FFFFFF	9.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004490

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00428B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#414559

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512f8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 47, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.148 295.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876aaf',
    500: '#512f8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512f8d;
$custom-light: #876aaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512f8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.702,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4011,
    "c": 0.14804,
    "h": 295.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512F8D

secondary

#97B464

accent

#DA4EA7

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #512F8D

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

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