#512A97#512A97

#512A97 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.167 H 293.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512A97
RGB	rgb(81, 42, 151)
HSL	hsl(261, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(261, 72%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.4%, 72.2%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.48, 42.76, -53.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.48, 68.27, 308.78°)
OKLab	oklab(40.24% 0.0677 -0.1524)
OKLCH	oklch(40.24% 0.167 293.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.8057, 5.6393, 29.8440)
Luminance	0.0564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512A97 #70972A

analogous

#2A3997 #512A97 #872A97

triadic

#512A97 #97512A #2A9751

tetradic

#512A97 #972A39 #70972A #2A9787

square

#512A97 #972A39 #70972A #2A9787

split-complementary

#512A97 #97872A #39972A

monochromatic

#1E0F37 #371D67 #512A97 #6B37C7 #8E67D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.87

#512A97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#512A97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512A97

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512A97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512A97	1.00	9.87	2.13	9.87
#FFFFFF	9.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00449A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004195

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D465D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512a97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 42, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.167 293.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8967b6',
    500: '#512a97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512a97;
$custom-light: #8967b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512a97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.468,
    "s": 56.477,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40241,
    "c": 0.16676,
    "h": 293.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512A97

secondary

#9BBB62

accent

#E048A9

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #512A97

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

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