#512b65

Color #512b65

A moderately saturated dark purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 16.12 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-900 #721378 · ΔE 8.3

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Conversions

HEX

#512b65

RGB

rgb(81, 43, 101)

HSL

hsl(279.3, 40.3%, 28.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(279.3, 57.4%, 39.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.8%, 57.4%, 0%, 60.4%)

LAB

lab(25, 28.83, -27.31)

LCH

lch(25, 39.71, 316.55)

OKLCH

oklch(36.6%, 0.1038, 312.62)

HWB

hwb(279.3, 16.9%, 60.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#3f652b

Analogous

#342b65

#512b65

#652b5c

Triadic

#512b65

#65512b

#2b6551

Split-complementary

#512b65

#5c652b

#2b6534

Tetradic

#512b65

#652b3f

#3f652b

#2b6551

Square

#512b65

#65342b

#3f652b

#2b5c65

Shades

Color #512b65 mixed toward black.

#432454

#361d43

#281532

#1b0e22

#0d0711

Tints

Color #512b65 mixed toward white.

#733d90

#9454b6

#af7fc8

#caa9db

#e4d4ed

Tones

Color #512b65 mixed toward gray.

#4f3060

#4e355b

#4c3956

#4b3e52

#49434d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

11.15:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.88:1

White text reads better on this background (11.15:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#44435b · ΔE 13.2

Deuteranopia

#464858 · ΔE 16.5

Tritanopia

#505250 · ΔE 24.7

Achromatopsia

#3b3b3b · ΔE 22.7

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #512b65;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#512b65]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#512b65 (#512b65) is rgb(81, 43, 101) in RGB.

No, #512b65 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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