#512B9E#512B9E

#512B9E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.174 H 292.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512B9E
RGB	rgb(81, 43, 158)
HSL	hsl(260, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(260, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 72.8%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.27, 44.21, -56.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.27, 71.51, 308.19°)
OKLab	oklab(40.99% 0.0652 -0.1612)
OKLCH	oklch(40.99% 0.174 292)
XYZ	xyz(10.4270, 5.9453, 32.9393)
Luminance	0.0595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512B9E #789E2B

analogous

#2B3F9E #512B9E #8B2B9E

triadic

#512B9E #9E512B #2B9E51

tetradic

#512B9E #9E2B3F #789E2B #2B9E8B

square

#512B9E #9E2B3F #789E2B #2B9E8B

split-complementary

#512B9E #9E8B2B #3F9E2B

monochromatic

#20113E #381E6E #512B9E #6B3CCA #906CD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.59

#512B9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#512B9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512B9E

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512B9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512B9E	1.00	9.59	2.19	9.59
#FFFFFF	9.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00439C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#394962

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512b9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 43, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.174 292.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8968bc',
    500: '#512b9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512b9e;
$custom-light: #8968bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512b9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.826,
    "s": 57.214,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4099,
    "c": 0.17388,
    "h": 292
  },
  "luminance": 0.05946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512B9E

secondary

#A1BE67

accent

#E047AE

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #512B9E

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

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