#512A9D#512A9D

#512A9D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.174 H 292.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512A9D
RGB	rgb(81, 42, 157)
HSL	hsl(260, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(260, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.4%, 73.2%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.00, 44.44, -56.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.00, 71.52, 308.42°)
OKLab	oklab(40.77% 0.0664 -0.1607)
OKLCH	oklch(40.77% 0.174 292.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.3054, 5.8392, 32.4759)
Luminance	0.0584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512A9D #769D2A

analogous

#2A3D9D #512A9D #8B2A9D

triadic

#512A9D #9D512A #2A9D51

tetradic

#512A9D #9D2A3D #769D2A #2A9D8B

square

#512A9D #9D2A3D #769D2A #2A9D8B

split-complementary

#512A9D #9D8B2A #3D9D2A

monochromatic

#1F103C #381D6D #512A9D #6B3ACA #8F6AD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.69

#512A9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#512A9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512A9D

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512A9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512A9D	1.00	9.69	2.17	9.69
#FFFFFF	9.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00429B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#394861

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512a9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 42, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.174 292.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8967bb',
    500: '#512a9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512a9d;
$custom-light: #8967bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512a9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.348,
    "s": 57.789,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40771,
    "c": 0.17386,
    "h": 292.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512A9D

secondary

#A0BE65

accent

#E147AD

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #512A9D

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

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