#512B94#512B94

#512B94 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.162 H 294.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512B94
RGB	rgb(81, 43, 148)
HSL	hsl(262, 55%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(262, 71%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.3%, 70.9%, 0%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.42, 41.40, -51.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.42, 66.06, 308.80°)
OKLab	oklab(40.12% 0.0672 -0.1473)
OKLCH	oklch(40.12% 0.162 294.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.6011, 5.6149, 28.5892)
Luminance	0.0561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512B94 #6E942B

analogous

#2B3A94 #512B94 #852B94

triadic

#512B94 #94512B #2B9451

tetradic

#512B94 #942B3A #6E942B #2B9485

square

#512B94 #942B3A #6E942B #2B9485

split-complementary

#512B94 #94852B #3A942B

monochromatic

#1D0F35 #371D65 #512B94 #6B39C3 #8E67D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.89

#512B94 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#512B94 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512B94

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512B94	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512B94	1.00	9.89	2.12	9.89
#FFFFFF	9.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004497

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004192

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E455C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512b94;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 43, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.162 294.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8867b4',
    500: '#512b94',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512b94;
$custom-light: #8867b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512b94",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.714,
    "s": 54.974,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40117,
    "c": 0.16194,
    "h": 294.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512B94

secondary

#99B962

accent

#DE49A8

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #512B94

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

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