#512B97#512B97

#512B97 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.166 H 293.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512B97
RGB	rgb(81, 43, 151)
HSL	hsl(261, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(261, 72%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.4%, 71.5%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.67, 42.24, -52.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.67, 67.70, 308.60°)
OKLab	oklab(40.38% 0.0667 -0.1515)
OKLCH	oklch(40.38% 0.166 293.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.8416, 5.7112, 29.8560)
Luminance	0.0571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512B97 #71972B

analogous

#2B3B97 #512B97 #872B97

triadic

#512B97 #97512B #2B9751

tetradic

#512B97 #972B3B #71972B #2B9787

square

#512B97 #972B3B #71972B #2B9787

split-complementary

#512B97 #97872B #3B972B

monochromatic

#1E1038 #371D67 #512B97 #6B39C7 #8E68D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.80

#512B97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#512B97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512B97

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512B97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512B97	1.00	9.80	2.14	9.80
#FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00459A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004295

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D465E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512b97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 43, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.166 293.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8868b6',
    500: '#512b97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512b97;
$custom-light: #8868b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512b97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.111,
    "s": 55.67,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40375,
    "c": 0.16554,
    "h": 293.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512B97

secondary

#9CBB63

accent

#DF49AA

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #512B97

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

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