#512A94#512A94

#512A94 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.163 H 294.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512A94
RGB	rgb(81, 42, 148)
HSL	hsl(262, 56%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(262, 72%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.3%, 71.6%, 0%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.23, 41.93, -51.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.23, 66.64, 308.99°)
OKLab	oklab(39.98% 0.0683 -0.1482)
OKLCH	oklch(39.98% 0.163 294.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.5652, 5.5431, 28.5772)
Luminance	0.0554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512A94 #6D942A

analogous

#2A3894 #512A94 #862A94

triadic

#512A94 #94512A #2A9451

tetradic

#512A94 #942A38 #6D942A #2A9486

square

#512A94 #942A38 #6D942A #2A9486

split-complementary

#512A94 #94862A #38942A

monochromatic

#1D0F35 #371C64 #512A94 #6B38C4 #8E65D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.96

#512A94 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#512A94 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512A94

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512A94	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512A94	1.00	9.96	2.11	9.96
#FFFFFF	9.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004497

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004192

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E455C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512a94;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 42, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.163 294.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8867b4',
    500: '#512a94',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512a94;
$custom-light: #8867b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512a94",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.075,
    "s": 55.789,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39981,
    "c": 0.16319,
    "h": 294.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512A94

secondary

#99B960

accent

#DF49A8

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #512A94

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

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