#512A9B#512A9B

#512A9B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.172 H 292.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512A9B
RGB	rgb(81, 42, 155)
HSL	hsl(261, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(261, 73%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 72.9%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.83, 43.88, -55.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.83, 70.44, 308.53°)
OKLab	oklab(40.59% 0.0668 -0.1579)
OKLCH	oklch(40.59% 0.172 292.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.1361, 5.7715, 31.5839)
Luminance	0.0577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512A9B #749B2A

analogous

#2A3B9B #512A9B #892A9B

triadic

#512A9B #9B512A #2A9B51

tetradic

#512A9B #9B2A3B #749B2A #2A9B89

square

#512A9B #9B2A3B #749B2A #2A9B89

split-complementary

#512A9B #9B892A #3B9B2A

monochromatic

#1F103B #381D6B #512A9B #6B39C9 #8F69D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.75

#512A9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#512A9B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512A9B

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512A9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512A9B	1.00	9.75	2.15	9.75
#FFFFFF	9.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00459E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004299

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A4760

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512a9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 42, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.172 292.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8967b9',
    500: '#512a9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512a9b;
$custom-light: #8967b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512a9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.708,
    "s": 57.36,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40593,
    "c": 0.1715,
    "h": 292.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512A9B

secondary

#9EBD64

accent

#E147AC

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #512A9B

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

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