#512966

Color #512966

A moderately saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 15.45 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-900 #721378 · ΔE 7.9

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Conversions

HEX

#512966

RGB

rgb(81, 41, 102)

HSL

hsl(279.3, 42.7%, 28%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(279.3, 59.8%, 40%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.6%, 59.8%, 0%, 60%)

LAB

lab(24.62, 30.25, -28.57)

LCH

lch(24.62, 41.61, 316.64)

OKLCH

oklch(36.3%, 0.1085, 312.5)

HWB

hwb(279.3, 16.1%, 60%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#3e6629

Analogous

#322966

#512966

#66295c

Triadic

#512966

#665129

#296651

Split-complementary

#512966

#5c6629

#296632

Tetradic

#512966

#66293e

#3e6629

#296651

Square

#512966

#663229

#3e6629

#295c66

Shades

Color #512966 mixed toward black.

#432255

#361b44

#281433

#1b0e22

#0d0711

Tints

Color #512966 mixed toward white.

#743a92

#9550b9

#af7cca

#caa8dc

#e4d3ed

Tones

Color #512966 mixed toward gray.

#4f2e61

#4e335c

#4c3857

#4b3d52

#49424c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

11.3:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.86:1

White text reads better on this background (11.3:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#43435c · ΔE 13.6

Deuteranopia

#454859 · ΔE 16.6

Tritanopia

#505250 · ΔE 25.1

Achromatopsia

#3a3a3a · ΔE 23

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Code

CSS

background-color: #512966;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#512966]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#512966 (#512966) is rgb(81, 41, 102) in RGB.

No, #512966 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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