#512B99#512B99

#512B99 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.168 H 293.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512B99
RGB	rgb(81, 43, 153)
HSL	hsl(261, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(261, 72%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 71.9%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.84, 42.80, -53.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.84, 68.79, 308.47°)
OKLab	oklab(40.55% 0.0663 -0.1543)
OKLCH	oklch(40.55% 0.168 293.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.0054, 5.7767, 30.7187)
Luminance	0.0578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512B99 #73992B

analogous

#2B3C99 #512B99 #882B99

triadic

#512B99 #99512B #2B9951

tetradic

#512B99 #992B3C #73992B #2B9988

square

#512B99 #992B3C #73992B #2B9988

split-complementary

#512B99 #99882B #3C992B

monochromatic

#1E1039 #381E69 #512B99 #6B3AC8 #8F69D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.74

#512B99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#512B99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512B99

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512B99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512B99	1.00	9.74	2.16	9.74
#FFFFFF	9.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00459C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004297

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C475F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512b99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 43, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.168 293.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8968b8',
    500: '#512b99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512b99;
$custom-light: #8968b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512b99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.727,
    "s": 56.122,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40549,
    "c": 0.16793,
    "h": 293.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512B99

secondary

#9DBC64

accent

#DF48AB

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #512B99

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

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