#512A9C#512A9C

#512A9C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.173 H 292.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512A9C
RGB	rgb(81, 42, 156)
HSL	hsl(261, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(261, 73%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.1%, 73.1%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.92, 44.16, -55.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.92, 70.98, 308.47°)
OKLab	oklab(40.68% 0.0666 -0.1593)
OKLCH	oklch(40.68% 0.173 292.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.2204, 5.8052, 32.0281)
Luminance	0.0581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512A9C #759C2A

analogous

#2A3C9C #512A9C #8A2A9C

triadic

#512A9C #9C512A #2A9C51

tetradic

#512A9C #9C2A3C #759C2A #2A9C8A

square

#512A9C #9C2A3C #759C2A #2A9C8A

split-complementary

#512A9C #9C8A2A #3C9C2A

monochromatic

#1F103C #381D6C #512A9C #6B39CA #8F6AD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.72

#512A9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#512A9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512A9C

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512A9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512A9C	1.00	9.72	2.16	9.72
#FFFFFF	9.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00469F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00429A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A4860

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512a9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 42, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.173 292.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8967ba',
    500: '#512a9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512a9c;
$custom-light: #8967ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512a9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.526,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40682,
    "c": 0.17268,
    "h": 292.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512A9C

secondary

#9FBD65

accent

#E147AC

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #512A9C

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

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