#512B89#512B89

#512B89 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.149 H 297.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512B89
RGB	rgb(81, 43, 137)
HSL	hsl(264, 52%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(264, 69%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 68.6%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.53, 38.34, -46.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.53, 59.98, 309.73°)
OKLab	oklab(39.2% 0.069 -0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(39.2% 0.149 297.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.7714, 5.2831, 24.2197)
Luminance	0.0528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512B89 #63892B

analogous

#2B3489 #512B89 #802B89

triadic

#512B89 #89512B #2B8951

tetradic

#512B89 #892B34 #63892B #2B8980

square

#512B89 #892B34 #63892B #2B8980

split-complementary

#512B89 #89802B #34892B

monochromatic

#1A0E2C #351C5A #512B89 #6D3AB8 #8D61CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.21

#512B89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#512B89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512B89

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512B89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512B89	1.00	10.21	2.06	10.21
#FFFFFF	10.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00418C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004087

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#434156

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512b89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 43, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.149 297.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8767ac',
    500: '#512b89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512b89;
$custom-light: #8767ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512b89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.255,
    "s": 52.222,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39198,
    "c": 0.14859,
    "h": 297.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512B89

secondary

#90B35C

accent

#DC4CA2

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #512B89

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

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