#512B9D#512B9D

#512B9D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.173 H 292.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512B9D
RGB	rgb(81, 43, 157)
HSL	hsl(260, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(260, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.4%, 72.6%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.19, 43.93, -55.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.19, 70.97, 308.24°)
OKLab	oklab(40.9% 0.0654 -0.1598)
OKLCH	oklch(40.9% 0.173 292.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.3413, 5.9110, 32.4878)
Luminance	0.0591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512B9D #779D2B

analogous

#2B3E9D #512B9D #8A2B9D

triadic

#512B9D #9D512B #2B9D51

tetradic

#512B9D #9D2B3E #779D2B #2B9D8A

square

#512B9D #9D2B3E #779D2B #2B9D8A

split-complementary

#512B9D #9D8A2B #3E9D2B

monochromatic

#1F113D #381E6D #512B9D #6B3CCA #8F6CD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.62

#512B9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#512B9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512B9D

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512B9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512B9D	1.00	9.62	2.18	9.62
#FFFFFF	9.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00429B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#394961

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512b9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 43, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.173 292.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8968bb',
    500: '#512b9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512b9d;
$custom-light: #8968bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512b9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 57,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40901,
    "c": 0.17269,
    "h": 292.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512B9D

secondary

#A0BD66

accent

#E048AD

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #512B9D

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

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