#512A99#512A99

#512A99 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.169 H 293.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512A99
RGB	rgb(81, 42, 153)
HSL	hsl(261, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(261, 73%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 72.5%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.66, 43.32, -54.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.66, 69.36, 308.65°)
OKLab	oklab(40.42% 0.0672 -0.1552)
OKLCH	oklch(40.42% 0.169 293.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.9695, 5.7049, 30.7067)
Luminance	0.0570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512A99 #72992A

analogous

#2A3A99 #512A99 #882A99

triadic

#512A99 #99512A #2A9951

tetradic

#512A99 #992A3A #72992A #2A9988

square

#512A99 #992A3A #72992A #2A9988

split-complementary

#512A99 #99882A #3A992A

monochromatic

#1E1039 #381D69 #512A99 #6B38C8 #8E68D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.81

#512A99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#512A99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512A99

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512A99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512A99	1.00	9.81	2.14	9.81
#FFFFFF	9.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00459C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004297

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C465F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512a99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 42, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.169 293.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8967b8',
    500: '#512a99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512a99;
$custom-light: #8967b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512a99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.081,
    "s": 56.923,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40417,
    "c": 0.16913,
    "h": 293.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512A99

secondary

#9DBC63

accent

#E048AB

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #512A99

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

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