#512B95#512B95

#512B95 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.163 H 294.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512B95
RGB	rgb(81, 43, 149)
HSL	hsl(262, 55%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(262, 71%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.6%, 71.1%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.50, 41.68, -51.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.50, 66.61, 308.73°)
OKLab	oklab(40.2% 0.0671 -0.1487)
OKLCH	oklch(40.2% 0.163 294.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.6806, 5.6467, 29.0078)
Luminance	0.0565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512B95 #6F952B

analogous

#2B3A95 #512B95 #862B95

triadic

#512B95 #95512B #2B9551

tetradic

#512B95 #952B3A #6F952B #2B9586

square

#512B95 #952B3A #6F952B #2B9586

split-complementary

#512B95 #95862B #3A952B

monochromatic

#1D1036 #371D66 #512B95 #6B39C4 #8E67D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.86

#512B95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#512B95 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512B95

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512B95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512B95	1.00	9.86	2.13	9.86
#FFFFFF	9.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004498

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004193

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E465D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512b95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 43, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.163 294.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8867b5',
    500: '#512b95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512b95;
$custom-light: #8867b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512b95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.509,
    "s": 55.208,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40203,
    "c": 0.16315,
    "h": 294.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512B95

secondary

#9ABA62

accent

#DF49A9

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #512B95

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

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