Information about #510F74 color

#510F74 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#510F74 falls into the Violet Color Family — High Saturation, Neutral brightness. The mix behind it: rgb(81, 15, 116) — 31.8% red, 5.9% green, 45.5% blue; the print equivalent is CMYK 14 / 40 / 0 / 55. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A strongly colored blue-purple violet, #510F74 occupies the middle of the lightness scale. Designers typically reach for tones like this for logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Metallic Purple (#520E7D). Slightly further away sit Purple Iris (#571B7E) and Purple Monster (#461B7E).

Technically, the mix leans on its blue channel (rgb(81, 15, 116)), which gives #510F74 its character. On this background, white text reaches a 12.6:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); black stays at 1.7:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #510F74 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#510F74 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#510F74 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #510F74

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#510F74
  • RGB81, 15, 116
  • CMYK14, 40, 0, 55
  • CSSrgb(81, 15, 116)
  • HSL279°, 77%, 26%
  • HSL Precise279.208°, 77.099%, 25.686%
  • HSV279°, 87%, 45%
  • HSB279°, 87%, 45%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.318
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.059
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.455
  • GLSLvec3(0.318, 0.059, 0.455)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.318, 0.059, 0.455, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.318, 0.059, 0.455)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB31.8%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB5.9%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB45.5%
  • Color FamilyViolet
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID510F74
  • DECIMAL ID5312372
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers11 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01