#512B8E#512B8E

#512B8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.155 H 296.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512B8E
RGB	rgb(81, 43, 142)
HSL	hsl(263, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(263, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 69.7%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.93, 39.72, -48.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.93, 62.76, 309.27°)
OKLab	oklab(39.61% 0.0683 -0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(39.61% 0.155 296.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.1384, 5.4299, 26.1525)
Luminance	0.0543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512B8E #688E2B

analogous

#2B378E #512B8E #832B8E

triadic

#512B8E #8E512B #2B8E51

tetradic

#512B8E #8E2B37 #688E2B #2B8E83

square

#512B8E #8E2B37 #688E2B #2B8E83

split-complementary

#512B8E #8E832B #378E2B

monochromatic

#1B0F30 #361D5F #512B8E #6C39BD #8D63D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.07

#512B8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#512B8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512B8E

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512B8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512B8E	1.00	10.07	2.09	10.07
#FFFFFF	10.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004291

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00418C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#414359

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512b8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 43, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.155 296.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8767b0',
    500: '#512b8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512b8e;
$custom-light: #8767b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512b8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.03,
    "s": 53.514,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3961,
    "c": 0.15469,
    "h": 296.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512B8E

secondary

#95B65F

accent

#DD4BA5

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #512B8E

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

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