#512A91#512A91

#512A91 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.160 H 295.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512A91
RGB	rgb(81, 42, 145)
HSL	hsl(263, 55%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(263, 71%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.1%, 71%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.98, 41.09, -50.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.98, 64.99, 309.22°)
OKLab	oklab(39.73% 0.0688 -0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(39.73% 0.16 295.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.3308, 5.4494, 27.3428)
Luminance	0.0545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#512A91 #6A912A

analogous

#2A3791 #512A91 #852A91

triadic

#512A91 #91512A #2A9151

tetradic

#512A91 #912A37 #6A912A #2A9185

square

#512A91 #912A37 #6A912A #2A9185

split-complementary

#512A91 #91852A #37912A

monochromatic

#1C0F32 #361C62 #512A91 #6C38C0 #8D63D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.05

#512A91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#512A91 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512A91

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512A91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512A91	1.00	10.05	2.09	10.05
#FFFFFF	10.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004394

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00408F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40435A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512a91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 42, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.160 295.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8867b2',
    500: '#512a91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512a91;
$custom-light: #8867b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512a91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.718,
    "s": 55.08,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39725,
    "c": 0.1596,
    "h": 295.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512A91

secondary

#96B85F

accent

#DE49A6

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #512A91

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

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