#512f79

Color #512f79

A moderately saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 8.62 Nearest Tailwind class purple-900 #59168b · ΔE 6.4

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Conversions

HEX

#512f79

RGB

rgb(81, 47, 121)

HSL

hsl(267.6, 44%, 32.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(267.6, 61.2%, 47.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(33.1%, 61.2%, 0%, 52.5%)

LAB

lab(27.19, 31.66, -36.64)

LCH

lch(27.19, 48.42, 310.83)

OKLCH

oklch(38.6%, 0.1225, 302.16)

HWB

hwb(267.6, 18.4%, 52.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#57792f

Analogous

#2f3279

#512f79

#762f79

Triadic

#512f79

#79512f

#2f7951

Split-complementary

#512f79

#79762f

#32792f

Tetradic

#512f79

#792f57

#57792f

#2f7951

Square

#512f79

#792f32

#57792f

#2f7976

Shades

Color #512f79 mixed toward black.

#432765

#361f51

#28173c

#1b1028

#0d0814

Tints

Color #512f79 mixed toward white.

#6c3fa2

#895bbf

#a684cf

#c4addf

#e1d6ef

Tones

Color #512f79 mixed toward gray.

#513573

#523b6d

#524166

#534860

#534e5a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

10.33:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.03:1

White text reads better on this background (10.33:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#45446d · ΔE 9.9

Deuteranopia

#464969 · ΔE 12.4

Tritanopia

#50615f · ΔE 25.6

Achromatopsia

#404040 · ΔE 24

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Code

CSS

background-color: #512f79;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#512f79]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#512f79 (#512f79) is rgb(81, 47, 121) in RGB.

No, #512f79 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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