#512B98#512B98

#512B98 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.167 H 293.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512B98
RGB	rgb(81, 43, 152)
HSL	hsl(261, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(261, 72%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.7%, 71.7%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.76, 42.52, -53.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.76, 68.25, 308.54°)
OKLab	oklab(40.46% 0.0665 -0.1529)
OKLCH	oklch(40.46% 0.167 293.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.9232, 5.7438, 30.2855)
Luminance	0.0574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512B98 #72982B

analogous

#2B3C98 #512B98 #872B98

triadic

#512B98 #98512B #2B9851

tetradic

#512B98 #982B3C #72982B #2B9887

square

#512B98 #982B3C #72982B #2B9887

split-complementary

#512B98 #98872B #3C982B

monochromatic

#1E1039 #381E68 #512B98 #6B39C7 #8E69D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.77

#512B98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#512B98 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512B98

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512B98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512B98	1.00	9.77	2.15	9.77
#FFFFFF	9.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00459B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004296

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C475E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512b98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 43, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.167 293.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8968b7',
    500: '#512b98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512b98;
$custom-light: #8968b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512b98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.917,
    "s": 55.897,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40462,
    "c": 0.16673,
    "h": 293.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512B98

secondary

#9DBB64

accent

#DF49AB

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #512B98

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

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