#512B91#512B91

#512B91 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.158 H 295.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512B91
RGB	rgb(81, 43, 145)
HSL	hsl(262, 54%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(262, 70%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.1%, 70.3%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.17, 40.56, -50.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.17, 64.41, 309.02°)
OKLab	oklab(39.86% 0.0678 -0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(39.86% 0.158 295.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.3667, 5.5212, 27.3548)
Luminance	0.0552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512B91 #6B912B

analogous

#2B3891 #512B91 #842B91

triadic

#512B91 #91512B #2B9151

tetradic

#512B91 #912B38 #6B912B #2B9184

square

#512B91 #912B38 #6B912B #2B9184

split-complementary

#512B91 #91842B #38912B

monochromatic

#1C0F33 #371D62 #512B91 #6B39C0 #8D65D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.98

#512B91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#512B91 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512B91

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512B91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512B91	1.00	9.98	2.10	9.98
#FFFFFF	9.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004394

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00418F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40445A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512b91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 43, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.158 295.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8867b2',
    500: '#512b91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512b91;
$custom-light: #8867b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512b91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.353,
    "s": 54.255,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39862,
    "c": 0.15833,
    "h": 295.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512B91

secondary

#97B860

accent

#DE4AA7

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #512B91

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

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