#512B96#512B96

#512B96 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.164 H 294.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512B96
RGB	rgb(81, 43, 150)
HSL	hsl(261, 55%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(261, 71%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(46%, 71.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.59, 41.96, -52.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.59, 67.16, 308.67°)
OKLab	oklab(40.29% 0.0669 -0.1501)
OKLCH	oklch(40.29% 0.164 294)
XYZ	xyz(9.7607, 5.6788, 29.4301)
Luminance	0.0568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512B96 #70962B

analogous

#2B3B96 #512B96 #862B96

triadic

#512B96 #96512B #2B9651

tetradic

#512B96 #962B3B #70962B #2B9686

square

#512B96 #962B3B #70962B #2B9686

split-complementary

#512B96 #96862B #3B962B

monochromatic

#1E1037 #371D66 #512B96 #6B39C6 #8E68D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.83

#512B96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#512B96 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512B96

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512B96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512B96	1.00	9.83	2.14	9.83
#FFFFFF	9.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004599

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004294

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D465D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512b96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 43, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.164 294.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8868b6',
    500: '#512b96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512b96;
$custom-light: #8868b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512b96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.308,
    "s": 55.44,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40289,
    "c": 0.16434,
    "h": 294
  },
  "luminance": 0.05679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512B96

secondary

#9BBA63

accent

#DF49AA

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #512B96

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

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